Transportation
July 10, 2017
Today, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley visited Heritage Bicycles, a Chicago-based small business that builds American-made custom bicycles, offers repair services, and brews their own coffee. Rep. Quigley toured the store and assisted customers with bicycle maintenance and food orders.
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May 31, 2017
The following article was published on May 31, 2017. A link to the article can be found here.
By MELANIE ZANONA
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May 24, 2017
U.S. Reps. Quigley and Lipinski (R-IL) and U.S. Senators Durbin (D-IL) and Duckworth (D-IL) announced that Metra will receive $20,168,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for implementation of Positive Train Control (PTC) safety technology on its Milwaukee North and West lines. PTC is a federally mandated computerized system that prevents certain types of train-to-train collisions, helps avoid derailments and other accidents caused by excessive speed, and increases safety for rail workers.
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Transportation
May 24, 2017
U.S. Representatives Dan Lipinski (IL-3) and Mike Quigley (IL-5) and U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) announced today that Metra will receive $20,168,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation for implementation of Positive Train Control (PTC) safety technology on its Milwaukee North and West lines. PTC is a federally mandated computerized system that prevents certain types of train-to-train collisions, helps avoid derailments and other accidents caused by excessive speed, and increases safety for rail workers.
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April 11, 2017
The Department of Transportation kicked off a review on Tuesday to determine whether United Airlines followed the rules in the wake of a passenger being dragged off a plane at O’Hare Airport.
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April 10, 2017
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD), joined leaders from Railway Engineering-Maintenance Suppliers Association (REMSA) as part of his “Mike on the Move” initiative. The visit included a tour of the company’s new Elmhurst facility and a discussion about the infrastructure funding needs of Chicago’s manufacturing and rail sectors.
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Transportation
April 7, 2017
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), Vice Chair of the Quiet Skies Caucus, joined his colleagues on a letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development requesting that they include in the subcommittee’s fiscal year 2018 appropriations bill two important provisions to help mitigate airplane noise. The Caucus requested that the Subcommittee “provide funding for health studies on the impact of airplane and helicopter noise on communities and… include report language directing the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct an expedited review of their noise standards.”
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April 3, 2017
With $1.3 billion in federal funding hanging in the balance, the city's leaders are weighing how seriously to take threats from President Donald Trump that he'll choke off the source of 14 percent of Chicago's budget as punishment for its renewed "sanctuary city" status.
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March 31, 2017
U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05), a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD), joined Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) and the Forest Preserves of Cook County for a tour of four local bike paths and a discussion on bike- and pedestrian-friendly transportation investments as part of his “Mike on the Move” initiative.
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March 28, 2017
Donald Trump's failure to repeal and replace Obamacare last week represented the first major defeat for his fledgling administration. But obviously there are still many future battles to be fought.
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