Transportation
Coverage of the CTA and Chicago-area transportation issues, from Metra to the Chicago L to rush-hour updates.
The National Transportation Safety Board issued a recommendation last month that all new vehicles come with speed reduction technologies installed. Some drivers support the idea, but others have privacy concerns.
The yearly ban, in effect between 3 a.m. and 7 a.m. each day from Dec. 1 to April 1, is enforced regardless of snow.
A Chicago man sued when his insurance company refused to pay for injuries his son suffered when he was hit by a driver while riding a bicycle.
The transit agencies say the plan aims to improve bus service with shorter travel times and more consistency, but some transit advocates say it lacks specifics.
The Central Market’s opening marked completion of the eight-year, $400 million Midway Modernization Program, which expanded security checkpoints and upgraded parking garages and concessions.
United and American airlines are slated to share a new “global terminal” handling both domestic and international flights — a project funded in part by airlines. But now both carriers want Mayor Brandon Johnson to alter those plans.
The ban will affect main roads from 3 a.m. through 7 a.m. each day until April 1.
About 6:25 a.m., trains in both directions began to be delayed because of frozen switches near Cicero Avenue and Congress Parkway.
The fire was reported about 7:15 a.m. Train service resumed in both directions about a half-hour after the fire, but were not stopping at the 107th Street station.
Tickets to the holiday train will cost $5 and go on sale at 7 a.m. Thursday.
A reopening date for the line, which handles about 1,500 commuters every weekday, hasn’t been set. A southbound train struck a snow plow on tracks near the Howard stop.
The CTA holiday train returned Friday afternoon, bringing thousands of lights and Santa’s sleigh to the city’s Green and Orange Line tracks.
The firm is recalling 2021-24 models of the Jeep Wrangler 4xe SUVs. Several of the vehicles were turned off and parked when they caught fire. Some were being charged.
One was filed on behalf of Zubair Hussain, who was knocked unconscious by the impact and hospitalized for three days, his lawyers said.
About 2.7 million people were expected to board flights on Wednesday, and Sunday is expected to set an all-time record of 2.9 million.
Sun-Times reporter Sophie Sherry and transportation expert Joseph Schwieterman appeared on WBEZ’s Reset to talk about the recent CTA Yellow Line crash and what it means for train safety.
So many riders are hitting the rails that the railroad has added trains and extra cabs to them, Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner says.
The collision happened about 6:30 a.m. Monday in the Norfolk Southern rail yard at 350 W. Garfield Ave.
Days after announcing his departure from the job growth agency known as World Business Chicago, Michael Fassnacht urged City Hall and the two major carriers to work out their differences on a massive project that started at $8.7 billion but has ballooned to $12.1 billion.
GoJet Flight 4423 and SkyWest Flight 5433 were waiting for gate space when the wingtip of one aircraft struck the other on the runway about 7 p.m. No one was hurt.
A new report finds the state needs to boost highway safety with motorcycle helmet requirements, child passenger safety rules and teen driving regulations.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says BMW is recalling 486 SUVs after the driver was seriously on Oct. 23. BMW blamed a welding defect and said it is limited to a small lot of inflators.
United and American Airlines want to scale back or slow down the massive project to replace Terminal 2. Both Illinois senators and former Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who forged the plan with the airlines, say a deal’s a deal.
People living in communities south of 95th Street will benefit from historic investment, including the Red Line Extension and Metra Electric improvements, that will transform these areas from being transportation deserts.
A record number of people are expected to use Illinois’ airports during the Thanksgiving week as COVID-19-related hospitalizations have surged — prompting experts to warn travelers to take precautions.
Passengers ask why a snow plow was on an active track. A transportation expert wonders how the CTA didn’t know stopping distances. Thirty-eight people were injured.
The train should have had more room to stop, according to National Transportation Safety Board chair Jennifer Homendy.
He lives in Milwaukee but has become a symbol of Chicago thanks to being heard on the L since 2000 and on CTA buses since 2003. The inspiration for his “train voice” was a Walt Disney World monorail announcer.
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