Transportation
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‘I’m begging you’: Distraught tollway workers ask board, Pritzker to avert potential layoffsApr 18, 2024 6:35 pm - Illinois tollway employees packed the boardroom Thursday, some of them in tears, as they implored agency leaders to keep their jobs intact. SEIU Local 73 members, who inc...
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United Airlines reports $124 million loss in a quarter marred by grounding of some Boeing planes
Apr 16, 2024 3:23 pm - United Airlines said Tuesday that it lost $124 million in the first quarter, which it blamed on a three-week grounding of all Boeing 737 Max 9s after a panel blew off an ...
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Illinois among 15 states tapped to help enforce airline consumer laws
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Salvage crews race against the clock to remove massive chunks of fallen Baltimore bridge
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Cook County launches website to track, promote ADA effortsApr 15, 2024 12:18 pm - The Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways has launched a website as part of its Americans with Disabilities Act Transition Plan public outreach efforts. T...
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Protests disrupt traffic into O’Hare during morning rush, 40 taken into custodyApr 15, 2024 5:50 pm - Forty people were taken into custody by Chicago police Monday after pro-Palestinian demonstrators blocked traffic heading into O’Hare International Airport during the mor...
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More lanes on Eisenhower? Extend Route 390 west? Tollway starting to make plans for futureApr 15, 2024 9:04 am - After myriad brainstorming sessions, hearings and fiery debate, the Illinois tollway board approved a controversial rate hike for its supersized Move Illinois program in ...
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Rail crossing at routes 120 and 83 in Grayslake to closeApr 12, 2024 12:31 pm - The Illinois Department of Transportation is alerting drivers that the rail crossing on Route 120 (Belvidere Road) west of Route 83 (Barron Boulevard) will be closed for ...
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Here we go: $127 million transportation construction program announced in Lake CountyApr 11, 2024 6:40 am - Fifteen miles of new or widened pavement, 58 miles of resurfacing, eight big intersection improvements, 13 bridge deck repairs and two roundabouts are among the projects ...
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Will your train station get a makeover? Here’s what Metra is fixing in 2024Apr 11, 2024 6:41 am - A new station platform in Wood Dale, rebuilt crossings in Des Plaines and Elgin, plus 15 updated bridges along the UP North Line are among Metra’s to-do projects this yea...