Articles filed under Transportation
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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...
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3 hours v. 30 minutes: Suburb-to-suburb transit time-consumingSep 25, 2011 11:00 pm - The RTA's directions tool Goroo had it right the first time. When asked to plot a course from Downers Grove to Arlington Heights, the first option it suggested was — dri...
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The Soapbox: Fermilab tests speed-of-light barrierSep 24, 2011 4:00 am - The earth moves — fast: Scientists at Fermilab will be whipping subatomic particles around an accelerator tunneled beneath the suburbs, trying to replicate or refute an ...
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Taxpayers group sues to stop toll increaseSep 22, 2011 12:00 am - The Illinois tollway shouldn’t even exist let alone have a spike in rates Jan. 1, a lawsuit filed by a taxpayers’ watchdog group claims. Taxpayers United of America sued...