Articles filed under Transportation
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Worker finds body of man missing from trainSep 21, 2012 9:22 pm - HAIGLER, Neb. — A retired California firefighter who disappeared from a Chicago-bound train has been found dead in western Nebraska. The family of 69-year-old Charlie Do...
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Construction begins on Joliet transportation hubSep 21, 2012 4:13 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn has broken ground on a transportation hub in downtown Joliet. Quinn and Illinois Transportation Secretary Ann Schneider attended the ceremony on Friday mo...
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Construction project to close Delany Road near Gurnee for 12 daysSep 21, 2012 9:49 am - The Lake County Department of Transportation will close Delany Road between W. York House Road and Sunset Road near the border of Waukegan and Gurnee on Monday morning, ...
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I-PASS transponders may be breaking their silenceSep 21, 2012 5:30 am - Do you ever feel that you and your I-PASS transponder just aren’t talking anymore? Are you tired of those tense, icy silences on drives? The Illinois tollway could have ...
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Noise walls may separate Hoffman Estates homes from CN tracksSep 21, 2012 5:30 am - Residents in Hoffman Estates-area neighborhoods whose houses are near Canadian National railroad tracks may soon have a noise wall separating their homes from the trains...
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Tollway customer service contract would aid the visually impairedSep 21, 2012 5:30 am - The Illinois tollway is turning to a nonprofit group to operate its customer service center where most customers turn to for information about I-PASS accounts and missed...
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American pilots picket at O’HareSep 20, 2012 3:00 pm - Dallas-based American Airlines’ rift with its pilots hit home in the suburbs Thursday as pilots picketed at O’Hare International Airport. American Airlines’ cancellation...
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How objective are $1 million tollway consultants?Sep 20, 2012 5:30 am - The Illinois tollway hopes to learn from its last major construction program before ramping up a new road building initiative, so it’s moving to hire an independent cons...
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Officials indicate Prairie Parkway may be resurrectedSep 19, 2012 5:30 am - When the Federal Highway Administration rescinded its funding of the Prairie Parkway at the end of August, longtime opponents of the project declared it dead. But transp...
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Schaumburg considering new entertainment districtSep 18, 2012 6:03 pm - Having opened the Schaumburg convention center six years ago, village officials are now aiming at its becoming the anchor of a gradual but comprehensive redevelopment of...