Articles filed under Transportation
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About a dozen hurt in Michigan train derailmentOct 21, 2012 1:24 pm - NILES, Mich. — About a dozen passengers and crew on an Amtrak train from Chicago to Pontiac, north of Detroit, were injured Sunday when two of its locomotives and one or...
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X-ray body scanners at O'Hare being replacedOct 19, 2012 1:00 pm - O'Hare International Airport and other major airports nationwide have been removing the controversial X-ray body scanners and replacing them with machines that use elect...
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Moving Picture: Pace driver lifts passengers’ spiritsOct 19, 2012 10:29 am - Michael Brown of Des Plaines really does whistle while he works. Brown drives a 40-foot-long, 280-horsepower bus on Pace Route 290 through some of the most diverse neig...
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Amtrak train set to hit 110 mph in test runOct 19, 2012 8:00 am - For the first time on a key Midwestern route between Chicago and St. Louis, an Amtrak passenger train topped 110 mph Friday, ripping through fog-shrouded farm fields an...
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Truck dumps candy on Jane Addams TollwayOct 18, 2012 12:15 pm - A semi-truck driver who nodded off behind the wheel while westbound on the Jane Addams Tollway Thursday morning dumped his load of candy all over the highway, authoritie...
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Cook County highway department gets bigger planning roleOct 17, 2012 4:49 pm - In an effort to compete for more federal grants, Cook County is restructuring its highway department to focus on regional transportation needs. Board President Toni Prec...
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Driver cited in fatal crash on I-90Oct 16, 2012 9:00 am - One driver has been cited in Tuesday's multivehicle crash on I-90 near Arlington Heights Road that killed a Long Grove man, according to state police. The victim, identi...
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JetBlue passenger working toward plea agreementOct 15, 2012 9:37 pm - DENVER — A Chicago man accused of groping a pregnant woman on a JetBlue flight and ignoring crew instructions appears headed toward a plea agreement. Documents filed in ...
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Limo service? RTA chairman laments cost of paratransitOct 15, 2012 5:00 am - One transit service that hasn't created headlines this fall is paratransit — the ride program for people with disabilities. But that doesn't mean it's not newsworthy. Th...
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Will Metra prices go up again?Oct 12, 2012 11:28 am - After weathering fare hikes of up to 30 percent to pay for operating costs in February, Metra riders might be hit with an increase again. This time, the jump could range...