PACE TO STEER DOZENS OF NEW VANS INTO POOL PROGRAM
The Pace board on Wednesday approved expanding the popular van pool program by as many as 355 vehicles during the next three years. Depending on need, between 71 and 355...
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METRA AND ITS INSURER THE BIG BARTON LOSERS
Metra and its insurance company must pay nearly all of the $29.6 million in damages that a jury awarded this week to violinist Rachel Barton because of an agreement signed...
KANE DEATHS PROMPT STREP WARNINGS
With four people dead and five others sick in Kane County hospitals from an aggressive form of the bacteria that cause strep throat, health officials are urging residents to seek...
TOLLWAY CONTRACT IS AWARDED FOR I-PASS LANES AT TOLL PLAZA
The first shovel will be turned in April at the Aurora Toll Plaza on the East-West Tollway (Interstate Highway 88) to construct exclusive I-PASS express lanes, one in each direction....
PLANS IN THE WORKS TO COORDINATE STOPLIGHTS
On a good day, Bruce Hill's 3-mile commute on St. Charles Road between Villa Park and Elmhurst can be a delightfully swift 10 minutes. But on a bad day, it...
PLAN AIMS TO LIFT O’HARE FLIGHT CAP
Federal transportation officials called Monday for lifting the cap on hourly flights at O'Hare International Airport, a 30-year-old limit that nearby suburbs view as one of their strongest safeguards against...
PACE BUS RIDERSHIP INCREASES; STUDY URGES NEW SET OF GOALS
Board members of the Pace suburban bus agency got some welcome news Wednesday: Ridership on the suburban bus service was up last year. The increase--3.8 percent over 1997's figures--brings the...
PACE BUS RIDERSHIP INCREASES, BUT STUDY LISTS NEW CHALLENGES
Board members of the Pace suburban bus agency got some welcome news Wednesday: Ridership on the suburban bus service was up last year. The increase--3.8 percent over 1997's figures--brings the...
PENNY BUS FARE TO BE OFFERED TO NEW YEAR’S EVE REVELERS
New Year's Eve celebrants who want to drink but not drive can buy a ride home for one penny. The price is good on any Pace routes in the six-county...
DUPAGE’S CASE NAMED PACE BOARD CHAIRMAN
John Case, a veteran DuPage County Board member and interim County Board chairman since mid-April, will take over in January as chairman of the Chicago area's sometimes troubled suburban bus...