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Slow zone
Chicago's economy has long been tied to its role as the nation's transportation hub, a position threatened by the recession. While moving goods and passengers by air, truck, rail and barge accounts for barely 3% of Chicago's economic output, the transportation and warehousing sector draws…
Slow Train Coming
This week on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer - with Blueprint America - bottlenecks on America’s freight rail network may be hindering the nation’s economic competitiveness. (Watch it here.) In the Midwest, Chicago has been a freight rail hub for around a hundred and fifty years. In…
Traffic snags cost Chicago more than $7 billion
A report released this week by Chicago’s Metropolitan Planning Council estimates that Chicago and its surrounding counties will lose $7.3 billion this year in wasted fuel, time, productivity and environmental damage caused by traffic congestion.The report, titled Moving at the Speed of…
Chicago-area congestion costing billions
Traffic congestion can make David Kayser's life flash before his eyes. It already has. It was during a congested mess of expressway construction that Kayser narrowly averted an accident that could have hurt him and his pregnant wife, leaving him angry and scared about his…
Traffic congestion's toll is $7.3 billion a year in Chicago area
Traffic congestion in the Chicago area costs $7.3 billion a year in lost time and wasted fuel, almost double previous projections, according to a study released Tuesday.
Transportation needs must be met to win Olympics
Chicago 's selection as the U.S. bid to host the 2016 Olympics is cause for celebration -- not only for the city, but the entire region. While there's a lot yet to be done before 2009 when the International Olympic Committee makes its final selection, the potential of the Olympics…
Eat your green
I never was big on peas, or lima beans for that matter. I still don't like 'em — does anyone really like lima beans? — but eventually the adults in the family got across the idea that fruits and veggies are part of what it takes to be healthy. So is there anyone in Illinois …
RDA expected to link Chicago, Indiana economies
The Regional Development Authority is expected to be a key driver of economic development in Indiana and Illinois. Indiana Commissioner of Transportation Tom Sharp on Monday said RDA projects can be fully integrated with the state's Major Moves transportation initiative. Speaking at the Moving…
Ideas abound for region's advancement
MERRILLVILLE | LaPorte's mayor said a conference here Monday strengthens his belief Northwest Indiana's transportation engine shouldn't leave the station without his county aboard. "It's clear to me and has become clearer still that LaPorte should become part of the Regional Development…
Deal clears way for 12 Oaks development
The residents of the 12 Oaks at Woodfield finally have some answers, but a recently forged contract for the Rolling Meadows property is likely to leave plenty more questions in its wake. After months of uncertainty, a very preliminary contract was signed between Centex Corp. and Mike…

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