Monday April 7, 2025

Your Input Is Needed for Critical

Insurance Survey

The NLA shared an important survey this week to gather valuable insights into industry insurance practices from chauffeured transportation operators. Your feedback is critical to understand the current commercial auto insurance landscape and can help shape future initiatives and support for our industry.

The NLA is collaborating with the University Transportation Research Center (UTRC) at the City University of New York to develop a report on the current state of insurance throughout the U.S. and propose measures to reduce costs. By sharing your experiences and insights, you will contribute to a better understanding of our industry's challenges and needs.

All ILLBA members are encouraged to take a few minutes to complete this very important survey. The NLA is taking the lead on gathering industry data that we hope will directly impact the insurance landscape and possibly ease the burden of the rising premiums we all feel every day.

KENNEDY EXPRESSWAY BRIDGE REHABILITATION PROJECT 

The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that the rehabilitation of the Kennedy Expressway (Interstate 90/94) from the Edens Expressway (I-94) junction to Ohio Street continued to progress the week of March 31. The following are highlights completed during the week:

Week of March 31

• Layout and concrete repairs performed on bridge piers and concrete beams continues under various bridges.
• Saw-cutting bridge expansion joints at various locations continues.
• Bridge deck hydro-scarification (high-pressure water jets to remove the top layer of concrete) continues.
• Bridge deck surface removal continues.
• Surface milling of bridge decks continues.
• Bridge deck joint removal continues.

Next week’s work will be focused on patching, bridge deck demolition and ramp repairs. All scheduled work is subject to change due to multiple factors, including inclement weather. Also, work is happening under the road as well as on it. While you might not see people in the work zone, they could be beneath the road.

Click here for the detailed report of week 3 accomplishments and upcoming activities

City of Chicago Events and Traffic Restrictions

 Wrigley Field Transportation Restrictions Maps 2024 - click here

Soldier Field Transportation Bears Game Restrictions Map 2025 - click here

Transportation Restrictions for Bally's Temporary Casino 2024 - click here

Uptown Entertainment District Transportation Restrictions Eff 12/22/23 - click here

Continued Closure Of Canal St. At Union Station Phase II Updates - click here

McCormick Place Events Calendar

News You Can Use

Click here for the April 3, 2025 edition

Choose Chicago names new CEO to lead city’s tourism agency

Chicago Tribune, April 3, 2025

After a yearlong search, Chicago has chosen a New York destination marketing executive to lead the city’s tourism efforts.

Kristen Reynolds, 51, who has been president and CEO of Discover Long Island for nearly a decade, will head west to take the same role at Choose Chicago, the agency tasked with promoting the city as a travel destination.



Moving on from a successful run on Long Island, an expansive and populous region stretching from the outer boroughs of New York City to seaside resort communities like the Hamptons, Reynolds is ready for the challenge and opportunity of building back Chicago’s tourism numbers in the post-pandemic landscape.

Read more

Online search results:

The good, the bad, and the scammy

Online search results can offer significant benefits to consumers, helping people find what they’re looking for. But online search results are also used by scammers to steer you in the wrong direction.

In fact, scammers sometimes use paid search results to trick you. They might use another company’s name, include the name of a government service, or use misleading tag lines to make you think you’re dealing with someone else. They might even put their number alongside a trusted company’s name or link to a website that looks official to steer you away from the business or government agency you were looking for. Their goal is to get your money or your personal or financial information to steal your identity.

Read more

“Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.”

-Peter F. Drucker