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Secretary of state hopefuls on jaywalking, rolling stops for cyclists and driver exams

Jun 20, 2022 5:30 AM - Is it time to revisit jaywalking rules in Illinois and make safety for pedestrians and cyclists a focus in driver exams? What about rolling stops for cyclists? Here's what the secretary of state candidates think.
With electric vehicle sales growing, how will we pay for road repairs?

By Marni Pyke
Jun 6, 2022 2:01 PM - Hurray! Everyone's buying electric cars. But wait ... that means no gas taxes to fix roads. State lawmakers are studying how to recoup those vanishing revenues with ideas ranging from tolling to congestion pricing to mileage taxes on trucks.
How to end lines for licenses: Secretary of state candidates stress need for more efficiency

By Marni Pyke
May 30, 2022 5:30 AM - A secretary of state app? Digital license plates? DMVs that aren't dreary holding pens? Time to dig into policy proposals from the five candidates vying to replace Jesse White as secretary of state.
What will NTSB consider when it probes tragic Clarendon Hills Metra crash?

By Marni Pyke
May 23, 2022 5:30 AM - Fatal rail crossing collisions are up in 2021 with most involving pedestrians, cars and trucks. That's what makes the rare death of a Metra passenger in a fiery May 11 crash so problematic. "If there are lessons to be learned, the NTSB will figure them out," one expert thinks.
'Not ready for prime time yet': How local officials are preparing and training for electric vehicles

May 16, 2022 5:10 AM - The electrification of American cars isn't just theoretical anymore, and that's why firefighters learned how to handle EV battery fires and mayors got tips on how to power their future electric snowplow fleets at the recent Green Drives conferences in Naperville organized by Chicago Area Clean Cities.
Work ahead: Your guide to 2022 roadwork and where the traffic will be

By Marni Pyke
May 2, 2022 5:30 AM - With the tollway gearing up for its busiest construction year ever, here's the good, the bad and the ugly of 2022 roadwork.
Attention, Metra passengers: More trains coming this spring as agency tweaks schedules

By Marni Pyke
Apr 25, 2022 5:30 AM - What Metra lines will get more trains soon? We have the details. UP Northwest's revised schedule gets panned by some riders. And, where have you gone, downtown worker? Experts predict a flow into the Loop this summer.
Masks now set to come off May 3 on transit, airplanes: Here's what to know

By Marni Pyke
Apr 18, 2022 9:54 AM - Masks are a must on planes and transit until May 3, the feds now say, to keep people safe and reduce spread of COVID-19. But what about the risk that a mask altercation will erupt 35,000 feet up in the interim?
'Where we're faster than cars, people will come': New Pace CEO aims for express buses on Tri-State

Apr 13, 2022 11:39 AM - Express buses on the Tri-State? It's on Pace's to-do list, new CEO Melinda Metzger says. These bad boys would zip between Harvey and Schaumburg in designated lanes offering a much-needed suburb-to-suburb connection.
How spiking diesel costs translate into higher prices for everyone

By Marni Pyke
Mar 28, 2022 1:25 PM - Diesel prices are skyrocketing and that means one thing: You pay more for groceries. Serendipitously, Lion Electric's truck and school bus factory is roaring into the suburbs.

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