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Chicago Rider Warns Others After Uber Driver Cancels, Takes Wrong Route Downtown
A rider told CBS News Chicago that an Uber trip in downtown Chicago went off course after the driver canceled it in the app. The destination entered in the app was an address on Hubbard; the passengers eventually got out near Randolph Street and the Kennedy Expressway. The account appears...
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Metra, CTA reach out for public input at Farmers Market
Representatives from Metra, the CTA and the newly formed Northern Illinois Transit Agency, or NITA, shrugged off an early light rain Saturday to spend six hours talking with the public at the Oak Park Farmers Market. . Wednesday Journal observed a general public clearly interested both in hearing what public transit...
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Two early morning crashes involving semi trucks cause delays on I-94 near Gary, Indiana
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CTA Clears Path for Two Rehab Projects, Announces Completion of Third
Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor, Railway Age. The Chicago Transit Authority is launching the next phase of the Blue Line’s Forest Park Branch Rebuild Project and the California Station Accessibility and Modernization Project, and reported the wrap up of Lake Street Bridge west leaf reconstruction. The Chicago Transit...
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Nearly 1,200 parking workers go on strike in Chicagoland
CHICAGO - Nearly 1,200 union parking workers launched a strike across the Chicago area Tuesday morning, which could cause potential disruptions at airports, hospitals and other businesses. Chicago parking workers go on strike. The backstory:. The workers are part of Teamsters Local 727, a labor union that represents approximately 10,000...
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More weekend lane closures on westbound I-80
IDOT announced today that bridge deck repairs and pavement patching on Interstate 80 between Richards Street and Wheeler Avenue, in Joliet, will require weekend lane closures. This is the third of four planned weekend closures along the corridor. Starting at 10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, lane closures are scheduled to...
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Canal Street Maintenance Plan Will Get an FRA Review
CHICAGO — The Federal Railroad Administration will prepare an environmental assessment of Amtrak plans for a new Midwest Maintenance Facility at Canal Street, a former Union Pacific intermodal yard. Trains reported on October 26 that construction of the maintenance facility had qualified for a categorical exclusion, and that the agency changed course after Amtrak sought federal funding to repair 17 viaducts tied to the yard.
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Metra Draft Plan Outlines Infrastructure, Costs for Regional Rail Service
Metra has released a draft Systemwide Network Plan outlining service changes and infrastructure investments needed to provide more frequent, all-day rail service across the Chicago region. The plan describes two service levels: Regional Rail 1.0, which aims for trains every 30 to 60 minutes on most lines, and Regional Rail...