Articles filed under Transportation
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Three hurt in crash on I-90Nov 17, 2012 5:56 pm - Traffic on the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway was snarled for about 45 minutes Saturday following a three-vehicle accident near Arlington Heights, authorities said. Three ...
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Lake County paratransit service:Nov 16, 2012 4:55 pm - Lake County Board officials are considering a plan that would expand paratransit services in Antioch, Avon, Fremont, Grant, Lake Villa and Wauconda townships. The effort...
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Libertyville looks ahead to 2013 road work seasonNov 16, 2012 4:30 am - Residents are getting ready for winter but Libertyville village officials are busy preparing for the next road season. By the end of the month, the village should have ...
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Lake County traffic signalsNov 15, 2012 2:42 pm - A Hoffman Estates company is being eyed to help design a timing model for all of the traffic signals in Lake County. Sam Schwartz Engineering is being considered for the...
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Metra set to raise cost of 10-ride passNov 15, 2012 11:17 am - “Again?” was the unenthusiastic reaction of Metra 10-ride pass users upon learning fares could spike by 11 percent on Feb. 1, 2013. Metra’s board of directors approved r...
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Chatty I-PASS transponders could cost $8-$9Nov 15, 2012 10:00 am - It won't change your oil or rotate your tires, but a future I-PASS transponder could alert you if you miss a toll payment. A recent survey of drivers showed about 85 per...
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New Metra cars don’t eclipse ‘transit desert’ concernsNov 14, 2012 12:09 pm - Metra officials thanked Illinois lawmakers for coming up with $585 million to pay for 160 new rail cars on the Electric Line Wednesday but said the system’s needs don’t ...
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Daily Herald employee remembered as hard-working, happyNov 13, 2012 12:00 pm - As an overnight bundle catcher, Dhirajlal Ratanpara had one of the hardest, most labor-intensive jobs at the Daily Herald's Paddock Printing Center in Schaumburg, handli...
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Hoffman Estates opts against noise wall near CN tracksNov 12, 2012 5:17 pm - After listening to residents and weighing two options for many months, Hoffman Estates officials opted against the construction of a noise wall close to homes that are n...
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How $2 billion in campaign cash could have been spent on Illinois roadsNov 11, 2012 10:00 pm - Tuesday night, I drove out in the rain along Butterfield Road to get to my election assignment — Congressman Peter Roskam's victory party in Wheaton. The going was a lit...