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Aviation security hassles, weaknesses persist
Major vulnerabilities persist in the decade since air travelers sacrificed convenience and privacy for the promise of heightened security in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, and the message from the government and security watchdogs is that there still ...Tags: Transportation, Business Trips, Trips and Vacations, Transportation Industry, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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City announces large-scale bike rental program
![Transferring from a train to a bus stuck in traffic is often the most frustrating and slowest way to finish a commute, prompting Chicago officials on Wednesday to start the wheels rolling on a new "transit option."](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-09/64916359-21164023-187105.jpg "Transferring from a train to a bus stuck in traffic is often the most frustrating and slowest way to finish a commute, prompting Chicago officials on Wednesday to start the wheels rolling on a new "transit option.\"")
Tribune reporterTransferring from a train to a bus stuck in traffic is often the most frustrating and slowest way to finish a commute, prompting Chicago officials on Wednesday to start the wheels rolling on a new "transit option." The city and a company to be chosen...Tags: Transportation, Companies and Corporations, Chicago Transit Authority, Travel, Education
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Lake Shore Drive to include emergency escape route
Median roadway construction designed to create an escape route for drivers potentially stranded on North Lake Shore Drive will begin Monday, according to the Chicago Department of Transportation.
Median roadway construction designed to create an escape...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Heavy Engineering, Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago Blizzard (2011), Chicago Tribune
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Boeing's Dreamliner gets near-giddy reaction from aviation buffs at Oshkosh air show
— A Boeing 787 Dreamliner decked out like a flying laboratory received a rousing welcome at its U.S. public debut Friday.
The reception by thousands of aviation enthusiasts at the AirVenture air show rivaled the anticipation of airlines that are...Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, Allergies, Air Transportation Industry, Science and Technology, Boeing Co.
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What's driving CTA delays?
The culprit isn’t always a horrible traffic jam when CTA customers wait 45 minutes for the next bus to arrive.
Such gaps in service are often due to an individual bus run, or even two runs in a row, being cancelled.
The No. 1 reason behind...Tags: Career and Workplace, Media Industry, Forrest Claypool, Employees, Facebook
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Absent CTA workers force riders to wait
The odds of experiencing a bad commute on the CTA are greater on Mondays and Fridays and during the run-up to rush periods, all because of canceled buses and trains, a Tribune examination of performance data has found.
The worst month for canceled runs...Tags: Wages and Pensions, Collective Contract, Commuting, Chicago Transit Authority, Career and Workplace
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CTA board gets closer to buying 300 new rail cars
Tribune reporterThis story contains corrected material, published Oct. 18, 2011. The CTA's five-year journey to purchase new trains rounded a big curve Thursday when the transit agency's board approved a financing strategy to acquire 300 rail cars. Some minor bugs...Tags: Services and Shopping, Finance, Entertainment Events, Chicago Transit Authority, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips
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Emanuel names former CTA chairman to RTA Board
Tribune reporterFormer CTA Chairman Carole Brown was appointed Monday to serve on the Regional Transportation Authority board. Brown, 47, a finance expert who was CTA chairman for six years ending in September 2009, was appointed to the RTA post by Mayor Rahm Emanuel....Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Rahm Emanuel
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Weeks in review
Change of SubjectA roundup of state and local news-review and weekly political chat shows. Descriptions provided by the broadcast outlets in most cases: Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review (WTTW-Ch. 11) Host Joel Weisman with Kathy Bergen (Chicago Tribune), Charles Thomas... -
Your transit dollars at work
Change of SubjectHill & Knowlton will provide consulting services for the RTA "to build on its foundation of priority initiatives by developing innovative ways of reaching budget goals and defining more specific objectives within the priority initiatives.''... from today'... -
Will Virgin do well at O'Hare?
Now we can find out if the hype is justified. Virgin America, which enjoys a cultlike status as one of the nation's hippest, friendliest and most convenient airlines, announced Thursday that it will be joining the scrum at O'Hare as of May 25. Virgin...Tags: Delta Air Lines, Transportation, Concourse, Travel, Air Transportation Industry
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Road rage: Cars vs. bikes
Are the roads wide enough for both?
If you've had it with cyclists who blow off stop signs or car drivers who hog the road, don't miss Thursday's Chicago Live show at Chicago Theater. Here's the note I just got from Chicago Live executive producer, Lara...Tags: Road Transportation, Transportation, Traffic, Travel, Commuting
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