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Tuesday, October 11, 2011
5 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Greg Jarrett 6:09 a.m. Transportation secretary Ray LaHood discusses why he believes in President Obama’s American Jobs Act and the significance of his appearance Monday in Englewood. 6:39 a.m. ...Tags: Chicago Bears, Apple iPhone, Englewood, Chicago Transit Authority, Car Guides and Reviews
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Friday, October 21, 2011
5 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Greg Jarrett 6:09 a.m. Greg Jarrett gets a live report from Libya. 6:39 a.m. Head football coach Pat Fitzgerald previews tomorrows homecoming game against Joe Paterno and the Penn State Nittany Lions. 7:09 a.m. David Gregory,...Tags: Unions, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Big Ten Conference, Management Change, Career and Workplace
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NATO survival guide: CTA edition
With the NATO summit downtown Sunday through Monday afternoon, don't let the political discourse get you off course. Some road shutdowns have been announced, but some roads will close intermittently for motorcades, so it's best to take the train...
Tags: Metra, Trips and Vacations, NATO, International Organizations, Politics
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More fixes needed at Brown Line stations
With the repair bill heading toward $2 million, the CTA will replace the platforms at three more Brown Line rail stations where wooden planks prematurely deteriorated because they were not weather-treated, transit officials said. The full deck...
Tags: Forestry and Timber, Ravenswood, Chicago Transit Authority
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NATO road closings: 'It won't be business as usual'
City officials are describing a lengthy list of roadway closings, parking bans and mass transit reroutes during the upcoming NATO summit weekend as "minor inconveniences," but independent transportation experts cautioned that the scope of the security-...
Tags: Metra, Twitter, Inc., NATO, International Organizations, Politics
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Court: CTA can start unloading buses for scrap
The CTA can begin selling 226 allegedly defective buses for scrap metal and launch an expedited appeal of a judge's ruling barring the transit agency from trying to recover millions of dollars from the parent companies of the bus manufacturer, under court...
Tags: Justice System, Judges, Economy, Business and Finance, Crime, Law and Justice, Rahm Emanuel
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CTA picks up buses from Seattle deal
Tribune reporterCalling it too good of a deal to pass up, the CTA board today approved the purchase of 100 new accordion-style buses that were left over from a contract initiated by the Seattle transit system. The CTA will pay New Flyer of America Inc. $80.1 million for...Tags: Chicago Transit Authority
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CTA buys 100 new buses, piggybacking on Seattle contract
Calling it too good of a deal to pass up, the CTA board on Wednesday approved the purchase of 100 new accordion-style buses, averaging $800,000 each, that were left over from a contract initiated by the Seattle transit system. The CTA will payNew Flyer...
Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Alternative Energy
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Chicago-area transportation officials outline top priorities for federal funding
Setting a timeline for the CTA's No. 1 improvement project — the multibillion-dollar replacement of the Red Line — hinges on negotiations that will begin next week in Congress over a new transportation funding bill, CTA President Forrest...
Tags: Metra, Dick Durbin, Politics, Amtrak, Union (McHenry, Illinois)
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NATO Will Close I-55, Dan Ryan to Lake Shore Dr.
Transportation ReporterMotorcades for high-level Government officials will force rolling closures of I-55 leading up to the Dan Ryan Interchange during NATO's Summit in Chicago - but the positive development for commuters is that the only full scale closure of I-55 is from...Tags: Metra, NATO, Government, Politics, Chicago Transit Authority
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$86M in Red Line improvements to 7 stations will last through year
Some Red Line riders on the North Side will soon be faced with longer trips to their trains thanks to rolling closings at seven stations on the north end of the CTA's busiest line. Those stations are targeted for repairs and upgrades that will stretch...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Edgewater, Illinois Governor, Rogers Park, Rahm Emanuel
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Red Line replacement plan in hands of Congress, officials say
Tribune reporterSetting a timeline for the CTA’s No. 1 improvement project – the multibillion-dollar replacement of the Red Line – hinges on negotiations that will begin next week in Congress over a new transportation funding bill, CTA president Forrest...Tags: Metra, Evanston, Illinois Department of Transportation, Amtrak, Chicago Transit Authority
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