John Hilkevitch

Two new efforts are afoot to make it safer for pedestrians to cross the street -- and more costly for drivers who endanger walkers. Chicago police will intensify the city's...

Traffic-enforcement cameras are catching hundreds of buses running red lights in Chicago and the suburbs, and taxpayers are paying most of the tickets. Chicago Transit Authority buses were photographed blowing...

Talks between the state and two dozen municipalities are scheduled to begin this week on extending the eastern portion of the Elgin-O'Hare Expressway now that the Chicago-versus-suburbs fight over expanding...

The financial struggles of the major airlines are sometimes blamed on the six-figure salaries many pilots receive for the relatively few hours worked each month, but two American Airlines veteran...

"What bus is this?" an attractive woman waiting at a CTA stop on Michigan Avenue last week asked the stranger next to her, who happened to be yours truly. Was...

Passengers were greeted Friday by long lines in some airports and a smattering of flight delays as airlines began operating under new rules requiring them to screen all checked baggage...

Frustrated by a lack of funding needed to repair and expand the Chicago area's mass transit network, the board of the Regional Transportation Authority on Friday unanimously approved a bare-bones...

(This is one of ten stories and fourteen tables associated with the release of the 1995 Illinois school report cards for city and suburban schools.) It's about 25 miles from...