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Mike Noland, president and general manager of the South Shore Line, in an April 2018 file photo.

New state budget deal cuts Northwest Indiana commuter transportation board from 11 to 5; Holcomb to appoint members

May 13, 2019 at 7:08 a.m.

The state government's involvement in the South Shore Line's future increased dramatically this week. The Indiana General Assembly, in the final days of this year's session, made an additional $205...

Former Minority leader Rep. Scott Pelath, D-Michigan City, is now the executive director of the Kankakee River Basin Commission.

Bill remakes Kankakee River commission

May 13, 2019 at 7:06 a.m.

Last year's Kankakee River flood did more than damage farms and homes along the river. That flood, the most severe in more than 30 years, also prompted Indiana legislators to...

NIRPC 2050 plan available for review next week

May 13, 2019 at 7:06 a.m.

Northwest Indiana's regional planning agency isn't just involved in plans for the region's road and rail transportation. The Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission's proposed new long-range plan, NWI 2050, also...

Griffith is expected to receive $950,292.25 in Community Crossings road funding from the state this year.

NWI communities get piece of Community Crossings funds

May 13, 2019 at 6:58 a.m.

Some cities and towns in Northwest Indiana will have more money to improve roads this year, thanks to a cash infusion from the state. Gov. Eric Holcomb and the Indiana...

Work is expected to begin soon on a new platform at the East Chicago South Shore station. A passenger enters a warming structure Sunday while waiting for a train.

NICTD: $4.4M East Chicago train platform project to begin

May 13, 2019 at 6:57 a.m.

Construction on a $4.4 million project to improve access to the South Shore Line’s East Chicago station platform will begin soon. The Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District, which oversees the...

New signs including mileage markers, street signs and welcome signs for the communities they enter be placed along the Erie Lakawanna and Prairie Duneland trails. A rider is shown in file photo on the trail in Highland.

Bike trails to get new signs in Lake, Porter counties

May 13, 2019 at 6:56 a.m.

People who use two Northwest Indiana bike and pedestrian trails should see new signs along the trails this summer. Mitch Barloga, the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission’s transportation planning manager,...

Feds give favorable nod to West Lake South Shore extension plan

May 13, 2019 at 6:54 a.m.

The three-decades-old project to extend the South Shore Line’s tracks from Hammond to Dyer passed a critical milestone Friday, when the Federal Transit Administration gave the $764 million West Lake...

Cleanup loan approved for East Chicago senior housing site

May 13, 2019 at 6:53 a.m.

A project to develop new housing for East Chicago senior citizens received a boost from the Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority. The RDA board, in a brief meeting March 14,...

Task force sets sights on lobbying Congress to take on railroad stoppages

May 13, 2019 at 6:52 a.m.

Efforts to keep railroads from blocking street crossings should focus on Congress, participants at a Northwest Indiana Rail Crossing Task Force meeting said. State legislation will almost certainly be overruled...

Robert and Kandace Tabern, at the start of a Rail Rangers trip.

Rail Rangers have a line on history along the South Shore tracks

May 13, 2019 at 6:47 a.m.

As the South Shore Line train pulled out of Chicago’s Millennium station on a recent Saturday morning, Robert Tabern picked up his microphone. He introduced himself and his wife, Kandace,...

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