Articles filed under Transportation
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Red Gate bridge opens after years of waitingDec 15, 2012 11:00 am - Standing in the middle of the new Red Gate Bridge in St. Charles, supporters of the new Fox River crossing could feel the structure flex as nonconstruction vehicles rumb...
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Mundelein to retire automated train crossing hornsDec 15, 2012 7:00 am - Mundelein’s original solution to train horn noise — the automated horn — will be retired and removed from crossings next month. The removal of the digital equipment — b...
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City opens dedicated bicycle lanes in LoopDec 14, 2012 3:57 pm - Downtown Chicago has its first two-way bike route with dedicated traffic signals. The bike lanes opened on Friday along Dearborn Street through the city’s Loop neighborh...
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Metra raises fares for passengers using 10-ride passesDec 14, 2012 9:40 am - Despite objections, Metra leaders raised fares on 10-ride passes by 11 percent Friday, effective Feb. 1, 2013. The hike follows on the heels of a 30 percent increase in ...
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Sun City residents making noise about tollway noiseDec 13, 2012 5:25 pm - The traffic from the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway in Huntley is so loud, that Amelia Felinski, who lives in nearby Sun City, has started taking sleeping pills so the ste...
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Tollway faces hurdles for expressway extension, interchangeDec 13, 2012 4:56 pm - More than $162 million of the Illinois tollway’s just-approved 2013 budget is earmarked for work on the Elgin-O’Hare Expressway extension and an interchange at I-57 and ...
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Algonquin chooses design for pedestrian bridgeDec 11, 2012 4:08 pm - Algonquin officials opted for tradition over edginess when it came to choosing a design for a $3.1 million pedestrian bridge that will one day cross Randall Road. Durin...
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Trucks now allowed on section of Quentin Road in PalatineDec 11, 2012 8:46 am - The Cook County Board has granted the village of Palatine’s request to make a section of Quentin Road a truck route capable of supporting commercial freight truck traffi...
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Three ticketed in four-car crash on Rt. 53Dec 06, 2012 6:34 pm - Among four drivers taken to Northwest Community Hospital after a four-vehicle pileup on Route 53 Thursday evening, three received citations for failure to reduce speed t...
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State senator released on bond after O’Hare arrestDec 06, 2012 8:50 am - A veteran Illinois state senator charged with trying to board a flight with a gun and ammunition in a carry-on bag was released on bond Thursday. A Cook County judge set...