metra is putting its winter weather plan in effect. crews started working at one o'clock this morning to get a head start on clearing and salting platforms for rush hour. and more train crews are put in place to make up for staffing shortages or emergencies. metra will also refuel trains at outlying stations to prevent delays. wendella boat tours will start later than usual this year, since their boats are stuck in ice. the company says its fleet is stuck in a shipyard on the calumet river, on the city's far south side. the ice around it is up to 20- inches thick. lake michigan is also too icy to get to. that means there will be no tour on the chicago river as it gets dyed green for saint patrick's day. wendella tours may now begin march 28-th at the earliest. the company says this has never happened in its 80 year history. stay with wgn all morning for the latest weather developments. you know we like to blame this all on to him since he is here. >> snowfall totals it's early but i have reports of two-4 in. already. mainly in the sout

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>>the r-t-a, c-t-a, metra and pace boards would all be eliminated, if a state panel gets its way. a public transit task force, appointed by governor quinn, is recommending that a new transit super-agency replace all of the existing boards, and oversee the entire chicagoland transit network. the panel says the current structure pits board against board, while a single authority could more easily coordinate transit policy and funding. chicago taxi drivers are keeping an eye on seattle, as they fight to regulate the city's rideshare companies. seattle's city council just voted unanimously to cap the number of rideshare drivers for companies like uber-x, lyft and sidecar. the vote means there can be no more than 150 rideshare drivers on the road at any given time. the programs allow people to arrange rides with a smartphone app. taxi companies don't like the competition, and claim the rideshare companies aren't properly insured. the t-v show "the good wife" is getting grief for getting it's facts wrong about the blagojevich trial. on sunday's episode, investigators are trying to get t