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Pace: No fare hikes or service cuts in 2012
Tribune reporterNo fare increase or service cuts for Pace riders are anticipated in 2012 and some routes will be expanded, according to preliminary budget numbers released by the suburban bus agency today. Increases over the past year in ridership and additional...Tags: Transportation, Travel, Budgets and Budgeting, Road Transportation, Finance
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Tollway green lights expanded I-90 interchange
Tribune reporterThe Illinois Tollway gave the green light today to a $69 million interchange on the Jane Addams Tollway in Huntley, a project residents and officials in the far northwest suburbs have sought as an economic engine for more than a decade. The tollway...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Transportation, Travel, Huntley, McHenry
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Thursday, September 22, 2011
5 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Greg Jarrett 6:39 a.m. NBC News White Correspondent Chuck Todd, after discussing the President’s U.N. speech and Warren Buffett hosting a fundraiser for the President here in Chicago, gets down to...Tags: Republican Party, Chicago, Warren Buffett, Facebook, Brad Pitt
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Survey: Chicago's Circle Interchange worst truck bottleneck in country
Tribune reporterChicago’s Circle Interchange, the notorious traffic-clogged junction where the Eisenhower, Kennedy and Dan Ryan Expressways merge near downtown, ranked as the No. 1 bottleneck for truck traffic in the U.S. in a new report released Wednesday....Tags: Chicago, Transportation, Travel, Research, Road Transportation
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Taxpayer group sues to stop toll fare hikes
Tribune reporterThe group Taxpayers United of America filed a lawsuit today challenging the 87.5 percent toll increase approved last month by the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority. The suit, filed in Cook County Circuit Court, seeks to roll back the 35-cent increase...Tags: Trials, Transportation, Travel, Cook County Government, Justice System
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Let's meet our new Illinois Tollway board ...
As governor, Pat Quinn holds sway over the Illinois Tollway through his appointment power. As the agency prepares to launch its biggest-ever construction program, totaling $12.1 billion, the Tribune thought it important to take a close look at Quinn&...Tags: Transportation, Pat Quinn, Travel, Facebook, Road Transportation
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Tollway to end free rides for employees
Tribune reporterThe Illinois Tollway will end the free rides for employees as of Jan. 1, the agency said today. The agency will take back the IPass transponders that about 1,156 employees have been able to use for commuting to and from work, and for official travel....Tags: Commuting, Employees, Transportation, Travel, Unions
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Tollway: Work done for now on 10-mile stretch of Addams
Triibune reporterRoadway resurfacing and bridge work on the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (Interstate 90) between the Elgin Toll Plaza and Barrington Road is scheduled for completion this week, the Illinois Tollway announced today. Road work is expected to be complete...Tags: Elgin, Transportation, Barrington, Travel, Genoa
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ComEd: Service restored to 502,000
Tribune reportersCommonwealth Edison Co. reported substantial progress in restoring power lost in Monday's storms but that still left hundreds of thousands without electricity in sweltering heat. The utility warned it could take days to get everyone back on line. A...Tags: Employees, Union Pacific Corporation, Amusement and Theme Parks, Radio, Traffic
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Report: Elgin-O'Hare bypass should be built as toll road
Tribune reporterBuilding a superhighway around O’Hare International Airport’s western edge and extending the existing Elgin-O’Hare Expressway are needed to create jobs and stimulate the region’s economy, Gov. Pat Quinn and other top officials said...Tags: Illinois, Elgin, Transportation, Pat Quinn, Travel
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Tollway outlines 2012 projects in proposed budget
Tribune reporterThe Illinois Tollway today unveiled its 2012 tentative budget which provides $607 million for capital projects, including $241 million for the first year of the agency’s new 15-year construction program. Illinois Tollway Executive Director Kristi...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Transportation, Travel, Budgets and Budgeting, Road Transportation
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Tollway board makes up for invalid meeting
Tribune reporterThe Illinois Tollway board quickly approved the agency's 2012 tentative budget today at a hastily called session after last Thursday's meeting was declared invalid. The budget includes $963 million in revenue expected to be raised from the 35-cent toll...Tags: Transportation, Pat Quinn, Travel, Illinois Governor, Road Transportation
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