Articles filed under Transportation
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State change makes Metra's $84,000 report worthlessOct 03, 2011 12:00 am - It was among the nicer reports I've seen as a journalist. Wire-bound, glossy paper stock, a three-page table of contents. Too bad it went nowhere. Metra paid $84,780 to...
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Metra CEO responds to senators by cutting back on consultingOct 03, 2011 12:00 am - Metra CEO Alex Clifford will cut back costs of a controversial consulting contract in response to criticism from U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Mark Kirk, but he also defend...
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Chicago to consider ban on texting while bikingOct 03, 2011 12:00 am - The Chicago City Council is to consider a ban on bicyclists texting while riding on city streets. The council’s traffic safety committee endorsed the ban Monday. Bicycli...
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Ever notice your commute lasts longer than Rooney's career?Oct 03, 2011 12:00 am - Typical suburbanite spends 71 hours a year sitting in traffic
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The Soap BoxOct 01, 2011 4:00 am - He who giveth ... ... Can't taketh away, at least not once it's listed as an employee benefit. That's the tollway authority's explanation for why it's not putting an end...
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Male pedestrian killed by train in NapervilleSep 30, 2011 12:00 am - A 67-year-old male pedestrian has died after being struck by a Metra train in Naperville late Friday afternoon, authorities said. The man was struck about 5:20 p.m. appr...
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Full I-90 interchange at Route 47 eyed as economic boonSep 29, 2011 12:00 am - Illinois tollway and local leaders hope an economic boom will result from an improved interchange at the Jane Addams Tollway (I-90) and Route 47 in Huntley. Work will st...
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Tollway says employees pocketed $25,000Sep 29, 2011 12:00 am - A dozen Illinois tollway employees are accused of taking $25,000 in tollway funds, with four of them allegedly pocketing drivers’ money while recording them as toll-free...
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Pace likely to get millions for I-90 bus rapid transitSep 27, 2011 12:00 am - Pace is on a cusp of receiving up to $48 million in federal funding to pay for a system of express buses in the Northwest suburbs using the I-90 corridor. The grant from...
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Traffic detoured for Bartlett Homecoming Parade SundaySep 27, 2011 12:00 am - Bartlett High School’s homecoming parade is scheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2. A large number of students, vehicles, and floats will be participating. The parade’s des...