Motorist hurt when train strikes vehicle in Robbins
A motorist was hit by a train Monday afternoon about 3:30 p.m. on the Rock Island Line near 139th Street, Metra officials ...
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Chicago alder will renew push to lower citywide speed limit to 25 mph
CHICAGO - Ald. Daniel La Spata said he intends to bring his proposed ordinance to lower the citywide speed limit to 25 mph up for a vote at Wednesday’s full City Council meeting. The ordinance passed ...
1 hospitalized after Metra Rock Island Line train hits vehicle near Robbins
ROBBINS, Ill. (WLS) -- One person was hospitalized, after a Metra train hit a vehicle in the south suburbs Monday afternoon.
Drivers raise concerns about Norwood Park intersection after woman killed in Metra train crash
Lorene Wilson, a 69-year-old Chicagoan, was killed. Bruscato questions the safety of the intersection, saying it is the same ...
Metra train hits car in Chicago's south suburbs, snags line
Metra police remained on the scene for some time with a heavy-lift wrecker that dragged the vehicle out of the trees and ...
CTA President Dorval Carter to step down
Carter’s resignation comes as a debate brews in Springfield about whether to combine the CTA with Metra, Pace and the ...
Editorial: Dorval Carter was an ineffective CTA leader. Now Chicago needs a new ‘Train Daddy,’ or ‘Mommy’
Dorval Carter Jr., who announced his retirement Monday to widespread relief, was no “train daddy,” to use the phrase applied ...
‘Extensive' Metra delays expected after vehicle struck by train in south suburbs
"Extensive" delays along Metra's Rock Island District line were likely after a vehicle was struck by a train on Monday ...