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2. Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency ...

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   Chicago is considered the railroad hub of North America. The region dominates the U.S. rail market in both market share and total volume, handling 47% of the nation's intermodal rail containers and 28% of rail cars, carrying a total of $641 billion worth of goods each year. [2]

3. Chicago Department of Transportation - Wikipedia

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   Prior to the 1991 reorganization, the responsibilities of the Department of Transportation (and several other current city departments) belonged to the Chicago Department of Public Works. The Department of Public Works was first recognized as a branch of the city administration in 1861, at which point it consolidated the services of water ...

4. Kent, Illinois - Wikipedia

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   Kent was surveyed and platted in 1887 at the same time the Chicago Great Western Railroad laid its tracks through Stephenson County. [1] When the village was founded it was the only village within its township and it was thought that the area had great potential for growth. [ 1 ]

5. List of companies in the Chicago metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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   The Chicago metropolitan area – also known as "Chicagoland" – is the metropolitan area associated with the city of Chicago, Illinois, and its suburbs. [2] With an estimated population of 9.4 million people, [ 3 ] it is the third largest metropolitan area in the United States [ 4 ] and the region most connected to the city through geographic ...

6. Government of Chicago - Wikipedia

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   Generally speaking, the mayor and city departments comprise the executive branch of the city government, and the city council comprises the legislative branch. [3] However, the mayor does have some formal legislative functions such as being the presiding officer of the council and being able to break tie votes, and informally has dominated legislative activity since the late 19th century.

7. Illinois Institute of Technology - Wikipedia

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   Illinois Tech's Stuart School of Business was founded by a gift from Lewis Institute alumnus Harold Leonard Stuart in 1969, and joined Chicago-Kent at Illinois Tech's Downtown Campus in 1992; it phased out its undergraduate program (becoming graduate-only) after spring 1995. (An undergraduate business program focusing on technology and ...