As a transportation planner involved in the creation of the Regional Transportation Authority in the mid-1970s, I applaud ...

Chicago’s role as a “hotbed of abolition” while helping Blacks escape slavery in the South before the Civil War will be the subject Wednesday of a Looking for Lincoln Conversations online event. More ...

Kilgubbin won’t be found on modern-day maps of Chicago, but there once was a place known by that name — a settlement of Irish immigrants on the city’s North Side. In the 1850s and 1860s, Kilgubbin was ...

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill (WREX) – The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) approved public safety upgrades at the Five Corners Road and Crossroads Road highway-rail grade crossing of Chicago, Central and ...

BALTIMORE, Tuesday, Feb. 28. The majority of the Legislative Committee on the Baltimore City Railroad reported to-day in favor of giving the charter to BROOKS & Co., of Philadelphia. The minority ...

The joint statement between LSPH and Getlink comes during a period of speculation that new operators could soon compete in the Channel Tunnel, ending Eurostar’s monopoly on passenger rail services.

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