| | 3401: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2014 June 4 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), City of Springfield and Sangamon County officials to discuss Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement (IGA) at a news conference on Wednesday, June 5 at 10 a.m. at Union Station at 500 East Madison in Springfield that will help move high-speed passenger rail forward in Illinois. | | | | Date Created: | 06 04 2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 622**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000049563 Original UID: 170744 FIRST WORD: IDOT, | |
| 3402: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 June 5 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Transportation Secretary Ann L. Schneider, Springfield Mayor Michael J. Houston and Sangamon County Chairman Andy Van Meter today announced an Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement (IGA) to advance design work as a part of the 10th Street Railroad Consolidation Plan. Under the IGA, the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) will commit up to $8.65 million to support approximately half of the total design cost for the 10th street corridor rail improvements. The funding is a part of Governor Pat Quinns Illinois Jobs Now! capital program. | | | | Date Created: | 06 05 2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 624**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000049570 Original UID: 170751 FIRST WORD: IDOT, | |
| 3403: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 June 12 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) would like to warn of a potentially dangerous line of storms moving through the Midwest that could impact much of the state Wednesday evening and especially Northern Illinois counties. | | | | Date Created: | 06 12 2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 647**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050288 Original UID: 171230 FIRST WORD: IDOT: | |
| 3404: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 March 14 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | As St. Patricks Day approaches, the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), Illinois State Police (ISP) and hundreds of local law enforcement agencies urge motorists to plan a safe ride home and never get behind the wheel after drinking. This weekend, state and local law enforcement officials across Illinois will increase patrols to crack down on drunk drivers as part of the statewide Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over public safety campaign. | | | | Date Created: | 03-14-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 246**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000050598 Original UID: 171598 FIRST WORD: IDOT, | |
| 3405: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 August 9 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) officials will be joined by the Illinois State Police (ISP), and other safety partners on Monday, August 12 at 10:00 a.m. at the Heritage Foundation Booth in the Grandstand at the Illinois State Fair to honor workers who have lost their lives in work zones. The American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA) National Work Zone Memorial Wall; a living tribute to the memory of the men, women and children who have died in work zones will be unveiled. The organizations will also highlight strategic partnerships and effective strategies that have helped decrease the number of work zone fatalities in Illinois. | | | | Date Created: | 08-09-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 830**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000051196 Original UID: 172017 FIRST WORD: IDOT, | |
| 3406: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 August 12 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) officials, the Illinois State Police (ISP), and other safety partners teamed up today to honor workers who have lost their lives in work zones. The safety advocates unveiled the American Traffic Safety Services Association National Work Zone Memorial Wall, at a news conference at the Illinois State Fair. The memorial represents a living tribute to the men, women and children who have died in work zones. | | | | Date Created: | 08-12-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 839**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000051235 Original UID: 172066 FIRST WORD: IDOT, | |
| 3407: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 August 13 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) officials today joined representatives from The Allstate Foundation and the Illinois State Police at the Illinois State Fairgrounds to kick off the seventh year of Operation Teen Safe Driving (OTSD). The statewide program, also sponsored by the Ford Motor Company Fund, is administered by IDOTs Division of Traffic Safety. Since 2007, this nationally recognized program, has contributed to a 55 percent decline in teen fatalities resulting from motor vehicle crashes on Illinois roadways, including teen drivers, passengers, pedestrians and pedacyclists killed in motor vehicle crashes. | | | | Date Created: | 08-13-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 843**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000051239 Original UID: 172071 FIRST WORD: IDOT, | |
| 3408: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 August 15 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) officials will join representatives from the Illinois State Police and the Illinois Trucking Association (ITA) at the Illinois State Fairgrounds to provide important safety tips for motorists sharing the roadways with large commercial trucks. A news conference will be held on Friday, August 16th at 10 a.m. at the Illinois State Police (ISP) tent located near the Grandstand to share details about the new safety push and showcase a state trooper squad car that was struck by a semi tractor/trailer. | | | | Date Created: | 08-15-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 850**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000051247 Original UID: 172080 FIRST WORD: IDOT, | |
| 3409: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 September 2 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and Illinois State Police (ISP) are partnering to provide increased enforcement using photo speed enforcement in work zones on I-57 in Kankakee to help decrease speeds, improve driver attentiveness and save lives in the area. The media is invited to a demonstration of the photo speed enforcement van on Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. at 270 N. Schuyler Avenue in Kankakee. Photo speed enforcement can be utilized when workers are present in the work zone and is an additional tool for the Illinois State Police to enforce work zone speed limits. | | | | Date Created: | 09-02-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 906**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000051325 Original UID: 172214 FIRST WORD: IDOT, | |
| 3410: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 September 17 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), Illinois Secretary of State Jesse Whites Office, the Illinois Head Start Association and AAA will team up to boost awareness of the importance of child passenger safety in proper seat restraints while traveling on Illinois roadways. | | | | Date Created: | 09-17-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 939**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000051352 Original UID: 172247 FIRST WORD: IDOT, | |
| 3411: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 November 12 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | CHICAGO Illinois transportation and law enforcement officials today joined forces to launch the Ice and Snow - Take it Slow winter campaign. The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), Illinois Tollway and the Illinois State Police (ISP) are partnering to roll out the states frontline winter road crews and ensure that snow plows and other emergency equipment are ready for the upcoming snow and ice season. | | | | Date Created: | 11-12-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 1122**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000051930 Original UID: 172987 FIRST WORD: IDOT, | |
| 3412: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 November 12 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In anticipation of the upcoming winter travel season, transportation officials will join law enforcement in the St. Louis metropolitan area to launch the Ice and Snow-Take it Slow campaign and urge motorists to prepare for unfavorable winter driving conditions. Representatives from the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), City of St. Louis Streets Department and Illinois State Police (ISP) will hold a media availability on Wednesday, Nov. 13 at 1:30 p.m., at the MoDOT Broadway MT Facility, 1200 S. Broadway, St. Louis, MO to offer important safety advice for traveling motorists and to share detailed winter plans for Illinois and Missouri roads. | | | | Date Created: | 11-12-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 1117**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000051931 Original UID: 172994 FIRST WORD: IDOT, | |
| 3413: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 December17 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Transportation will partner with the Chicago Police Department, Illinois State Police, Cook County Sheriffs Office, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to inform motorists of numerous stepped-up traffic enforcement details during this holiday season. A news conference will be held on Wednesday, December 18 at 10:00 a.m. at the Chicago Police Department at 1718 S. State St. in Chicago to inform motorists that impaired driving or failure to buckle up will get you arrested or ticketed. Officials will also discuss the most recent Illinois drunk driving fatality statistics. Illinois motorists will see this life-saving effort in their communities and around the state from now through the first weekend of 2014. | | | | Date Created: | 12-17-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 1259**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052486 Original UID: 173688 FIRST WORD: IDOT, | |
| 3414: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2014 March 12 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | As St. Patricks Day approaches, the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), Illinois State Police and nearly 200 local law enforcement agencies urge motorists to plan a safe ride home and never get behind the wheel after drinking. Now through the March 17th holiday, state and local law enforcement officers across Illinois will have an increased presence to crack down on drunk drivers as part of the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign. | | | | Date Created: | 03-12-2014 | | | | Agency ID: | 258**14 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052579 Original UID: 173790 FIRST WORD: IDOT, | |
| 3415: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 May 1 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | For the 30th year, May has been proclaimed Motorcycle Awareness Month in Illinois as part of a statewide campaign to reduce motorcycle crash fatalities and injuries. Governor Pat Quinn, the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), Illinois State Police, Gold Wing Road Riders Association, and A Brotherhood Aimed Towards Education (ABATE) joined in support of campaigns to urge Illinois motorists to Start Seeing Motorcycles and Look Twice - Save a Life. The safety coalition urged all motorists to share the road and recognized volunteers who participate in the annual Windshield Washing Project to raise awareness. | | | | Date Created: | 05-01-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 493**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052641 Original UID: 173855 FIRST WORD: IDOT, | |
| 3416: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 November 6 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) officials will join representatives from the Illinois State Police (ISP), State Farm Insurance Company and Grey Eagle Distributors to provide important safety messages for more than 1,400 high school drivers education students. A news conference will be held on Thursday, Nov. 7th at 10:00 a.m., at the Gateway Center, 1 Gateway Drive, Collinsville, IL to explain the Drive for Tomorrow program, which provides teens hands-on activities and safe driving presentations throughout the four-day event. | | | | Date Created: | 11-06-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 1093**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052667 Original UID: 173882 FIRST WORD: IDOT, | |
| 3417: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 November 7 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) officials today joined representatives from the Illinois State Police, State Farm Insurance Company and Grey Eagle Distributors to launch the Drive for Tomorrow program at the Collinsville Gateway Center. Drive for Tomorrow is geared toward saving lives on Illinois roads and provides important hands-on safety activities for area high school drivers education students. | | | | Date Created: | 11-07-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 1098**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052669 Original UID: 173884 FIRST WORD: IDOT, | |
| 3418: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2013 November 12 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois transportation and law enforcement officials today joined forces to launch the Ice and Snow - Take it Slow winter campaign. The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), Illinois Tollway and the Illinois State Police (ISP) are partnering to roll out the states frontline winter road crews and ensure that snow plows and other emergency equipment are ready for the upcoming snow and ice season. | | | | Date Created: | 11-12-2013 | | | | Agency ID: | 1120**13 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052682 Original UID: 173898 FIRST WORD: IDOT, | |
| 3419: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2014 August 26 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In an effort to reach out to Illinois motorists over the Labor Day holiday weekend, the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) joins Illinois State Police (ISP) and the Rockford Police Department to strongly remind motorists to Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over. IDOT will also discuss a fresh and innovative advertising campaign which has been created utilizing digital and social media to reach those drivers who are most-often involved in drunk driving crashes, most likely to drink and drive and most likely to not buckle up. A press conference will be held on Wednesday, August 27, 2014 at 10 a.m. at the Rockford Police Department, 420 West State Street, Rockford, IL 61101. | | | | Date Created: | 08-26-2014 | | | | Agency ID: | 999**14 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052719 Original UID: 173939 FIRST WORD: IDOT, | |
| 3420: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2014 August 26 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In an effort to reach out to Illinois motorists over the Labor Day holiday weekend, the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) joins Illinois State Police (ISP) and the Alton Police Department to strongly remind motorists to Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over. IDOT will also discuss a fresh and innovative advertising campaign which has been created utilizing digital and social media to reach those drivers who are most-often involved in drunk driving crashes, most likely to drink and drive and most likely to not buckle up. A press conference will be held on Wednesday, August 27, 2014 at 10 a.m. at the Alton Marina, 1 Henry Street, Alton, IL 62002. | | | | Date Created: | 08-26-2014 | | | | Agency ID: | 1001**14 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000052724 Original UID: 173945 FIRST WORD: IDOT, | |
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