Articles filed under Transportation
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Let's just get rid of right turns on redAug 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Why must we always make a mountain out of a mole hill? It seems like in today's world, everyone including the different cities with these red-light cameras, are trying t...
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Red light cameras aren't the best wayAug 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Recently, the use of red light cameras by local municipalities has generated a great deal of controversy, discussion and anger. I have received dozens of calls, letters,...
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Cameras finger the car, not the driverAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - My daughter received a right turn violation at a camera intersection in Elk Grove Village. The car was registered to me. The $100 ticket was issued to me. I called the v...
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Aurora alderman to Naperville councilman: Mind your own businessAug 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Naperville Councilman Richard Furstenau visited Aurora this week to urge the city council to reject both red-light cameras and plans for a new hotel on Route 59. Frankl...
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Red-light cameras coming to LibertyvilleAug 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Red-light cameras will be installed in Libertyville - possibly by the end of the year - but village leaders insist money isn't the motive. "I wouldn't care if we never g...
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Red-light cameras beg answersAug 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Recently revealed accident statistics showed Schaumburg never had any significant red light running problems. Also, the Meacham & Woodfield Red Light Camera (RLC) inters...
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Readers still seeing red about fines from surveillance camerasAug 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Ever since working with colleague Joe Ryan on our "Seeing Red" series about the growth spurt of red-light cameras in the suburbs, I've been a changed person. Or at least...
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Cameras drive shoppers out of townAug 07, 2009 11:00 pm - There is a red light camera in Elk Grove Village at Rohlwing and Biesterfield roads. The terrific series carried by the Daily Herald confirmed the intersection has hidde...
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'Seeing Red' proves it's about profitAug 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Thank you for the "Seeing Red" series. It is an excellent piece of investigative reporting. You proved, I believe, beyond a reasonable doubt, that traffic cameras for ri...
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Red-light cameras likely a month away in AuroraAug 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Aurora's red-light runners likely have about four more weeks before they're caught by cameras at some city traffic signals. The city council approved a three-year contra...