City wants tighter rules on crude oil trains
Warning that the frequent railroad trains loaded with crude oil passing through the Chicago area are a "serious risk to public safety," the City Council is calling for tighter restrictions...
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Chicago City Council approves resolution targeting crude oil train shipments
A joint Chicago City Council committee approved a resolution today calling on the federal government to impose more stringent restrictions on the shipments of crude oil by train than were...
Metra UP West riders face construction delays
Track construction is expected to cause delays on Metra's Union Pacific West Line for a month starting Sept. 15, Metra said today. The project is expected to delay midday trains...
Metra says settlement with ousted CEO totaled $1.3 million
The costs associated with Metra's controversial 2013 settlement with ousted CEO Alex Clifford totaled about $1.3 million, with about half going to outside lawyers, officials said Thursday.Clifford ended up leaving...
Tollway lowers cost of I-Pass transponders for those opening new accounts
The Illinois Tollway is lowering the cost of getting an I-Pass transponder for those who open a new account, reducing the price to $30 from $50, officials said Thursday. Existing...
Suicide by train rate puts spotlight on Metra
Signs on railway station platforms in Boston, New York and Toronto are intended to offer help to anyone who is emotionally distressed or suicidal — a last-ditch effort to keep...
Tollway giving back $2.2 million
With about $2.2 million sitting in 50,000 inactive I-Pass accounts, the Illinois Tollway said Thursday it wants to give the money back to customers. Although most dormant accounts average from...
Additional bus-on-shoulder service coming to Stevenson; possible some day on Edens
The bus-on-shoulders commuting option that began as an experiment three years ago on the Stevenson Expressway (Interstate 55) has proven so successful service will be enhanced and possibly replicated on...
State watchdog faults Metra for falsifying work logs
The state's top watchdog issued the results Monday of two investigations at Metra, including a case that found a long-standing practice of falsifying work logs intended to ensure safety by...
New rules proposed for railroad oil shipments
U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today proposed new rules on "high-hazard" shipments of crude oil by trains, including a phase-out of older model tank cars that critics contend are unsafe....