Articles filed under Transportation
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Thanksgiving travel rush is under way across countryNov 22, 2011 11:00 pm - Undeterred by costlier gas and airfare, millions of Americans set out Wednesday to see friends and family in what is expected to be the nation’s busiest Thanksgiving wee...
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Pace holds hearing on Buffalo Grove area service cutsNov 21, 2011 5:00 am - Pace, the suburban bus service, will hold a public hearing 4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, at the Deerfield Public Library Main Meeting Room, 920 Waukegan Road, Deerfield, to t...
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App lets O'Hare travelers have grub sent to gateNov 21, 2011 3:00 am - Ever wish food would find you while you're traveling through O'Hare International Airport? Now, there's an app for that. “B4 You Board” lets smartphone users order from ...
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Politicians railing about high-speed trainsNov 20, 2011 11:00 pm - Whizzing through the French countryside on a high-speed rail TGV train at 200 miles per hour. Rumbling along on Metra's BNSF Line's 5:04 p.m. express train at 70. Speedi...
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Chicago adds 1,800 cameras at train stationsNov 20, 2011 11:00 pm - Chicago has installed 1,800 new security cameras at public train stations six weeks ahead of schedule. Mayor Rahm Emanuel says video from the cameras has been used to ca...
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The Soapbox: The end to toll perksNov 19, 2011 4:00 am - A benefit costing a buck or two a day per employee doesn’t sound like much. But $478,300 does. That’s the yearly cost — after a toll increase coming Jan. 1 — of an Illin...
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Hoffman Estates transit survey is outNov 18, 2011 11:00 pm - Hoffman Estates has hired a traffic consultant to study transit service in Hoffman Estates. Paper surveys have been sent to various employers, and phone interviews with ...
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Transportation board eyes Bartlett derailmentNov 17, 2011 11:00 pm - Federal regulators are monitoring the recent derailment of a Canadian National Railway train in Bartlett and “will determine an appropriate course of action,” once repor...
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Thanksgiving travel should go up this year, AAA saysNov 17, 2011 10:00 pm - Three years of staring at your immediate family over turkey and gravy have created a wanderlust that's peaking this year, according to holiday travel predictions. AAA Ch...
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Tollway ready to end free tolls on employees' commutesNov 16, 2011 11:00 pm - The free ride is over for Illinois tollway employees accustomed to getting back and forth from work using a complimentary I-PASS. The policy shift came Thursday during a...