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$53 billion Obama plan could put high-speed rail on track in state
Illinois' long-shot bid to introduce faster passenger trains by 2014 received a potential boost Tuesday from a White House proposal to spend $53 billion over six years to create a national high-speed rail network that would eventually be within reach of...Tags: Pat Quinn, Michigan, Illinois Department of Transportation, Politics, Illinois
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Illinois lawmakers fight cuts to rail project funds
Tribune reporterIllinois lawmakers said today they will fight a move by Republicans in the U.S. House to scrap funding for a key railroad improvement project designed to increase capacity and eliminate a notorious freight and passenger train bottleneck on Chicago's South...Tags: Politics, Illinois, Dick Durbin, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Judge approves delay in O'Hare expansion suit
Tribune reporterA Cook County judge today approved a five-day delay in hearing the lawsuit that United and American airlines have filed to stop the city of Chicago from borrowing about $1 billion for the expansion of O'Hare International Airport. The trial delay was...Tags: U.S. Department of Transportation, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, O'Hare International Airport, Richard M. Daley
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Virgin America debuts at O'Hare in May
Virgin America will begin service to O’Hare May 25 with daily nonstop flights from Los Angeles International Airport and San Francisco International Airport, the airline said in a press release. Virgin is kicking off the service with a special $99...Tags: Concourse, Air Transportation Industry, Virgin Group, Ltd., Los Angeles International Airport, Richard M. Daley
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Sources: City-airlines O'Hare talks near collapse
Tribune reportersTense negotiations between the city of Chicago and United and American airlines over O'Hare expansion have almost collapsed, officials said today. The acrimony between the two sides has run so deep that, despite agreements to meet almost every day, city...Tags: Dick Durbin, Crime, Law and Justice, O'Hare International Airport, Justice System, U.S. Department of Transportation
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Emanuel puts Claypool behind wheel of CTA
Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel may have picked an outsider to run Chicago Public Schools, but he stuck with City Hall insiders to ensure the city's trains and buses run on time.
New CTA President Forrest Claypool, who has known Emanuel for decades, will...Tags: Chicago Park District, Politics, Travel, David Axelrod, Housing and Urban Planning
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Quinn pledges money coming 'soon' to avoid CTA cuts, fare hikes
Clout StPosted by John Byrne and Jon Hilkevitch at 4:26 p.m. Gov. Pat Quinn pledged today that the state will “soon” come through with promised payments to the Chicago Transit Authority so the agency is not forced to raise fares. The...... -
Chicago's transportation infrastructure weakening
Wacker Drive near Lake Street in downtown Chicago offers a panorama of an incredible transportation metropolis that huge numbers of people rely upon every day, yet often take for granted.
Cars, buses, trucks, taxis, bicyclists and pedestrians use both...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Commuting, Politics, Illinois, Travel
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Could this be the long-awaited end to the curse of other-people's-traffic on the radio?
Change of SubjectIs there anything more dreary and tedious than sitting through a traffic-congestion report on the radio that's at least 90 percent irrelevant to you each and every time? Well, today Jon Hilkevitch reports: Google Maps Navigation on Monday introduced an...... -
LaHood: Air traffic controllers have 'personal responsibility'
Clout StPosted by Rick Pearson and Jon Hilkevitch at 2:51 p.m. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, embarrassed by reports of air-traffic controllers asleep at their jobs, said today that as well-trained professionals they have a “personal... -
Yemeni men arrested in Amsterdam on terror charges after flight from U.S.
Staff reporterTwo Yemeni men arriving in Amsterdam on a flight from Chicago were arrested Monday on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack after peculiar items turned up in their luggage, Dutch officials said. U.S. authorities asked the Dutch to make the arrests...Tags: Terrorism, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Crime, Law and Justice, Police Arrests, O'Hare International Airport
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Who's Flying Your Plane? Bigger Role Of Small Airlines Raises Safety Concerns
Tribune staff reportersNick Fulks says he met the "bare minimum requirements" when, at age 23, with 1,020 hours of flight experience, he was hired to fly jets for a large commuter airline. Make no mistake: Fulks loves to fly, and he is a serious student of everything aviation....Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Travel, Disasters and Accidents, Rogers Park, Death
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