Byrne Interchange ramp closings begin Tuesday night
Highway ramp closings, lane shifts and detours affecting tens of thousands of drivers in the downtown area through summer 2016 are scheduled to begin Tuesday night as part of the...
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Delays expected on Red, Purple lines as track work begins
Starting Monday, morning commutes toward the Loop will take a few minutes longer for some riders on the CTA Red and Purple/Evanston Express rail lines while a section of track...
How will CTA juggle more rail riders, less state funding?
Given a choice, a transit agency would rather deal with the challenges of ridership growth than a decline, and the Chicago Transit Authority faces the mixed blessing of both —...
CTA ridership fell 3 percent last year, but train trips growing
Buses continued a longtime trend of carrying most CTA passengers in 2014, but bus ridership fell 8 percent from the previous year as rail ridership rose to its highest level...
Lawmaker calls for expansion of state role on O’Hare noise
The state would be required to operate a hotline to receive complaints about jet noise from O'Hare International Airport and collect scientific data that "creates an accurate overall portrait of...
CTA to double speed of some downtown buses that crawl at 3 mph
A long-awaited project designed to more than double the 3-mph average speed of CTA buses traveling across the middle of downtown will be called Loop Link, and construction of bus-only...
Suburbs try new approach in battle over O’Hare jet noise
A suburban group that beginning in the early 1980s led the fight against new runways at O'Hare International Airport is launching a new, non-confrontational strategy to address jet noise, officials...
Unlike O’Hare, Singapore airport a destination all its own
Chicago and this tiny but financially powerful city-state in Southeast Asia both showcase themselves as "a city in a garden'' draped by a dazzling skyline. Both are home to airport...
O’Hare’s problems surmountable — if city will face up to them
O'Hare International Airport doesn't need to replicate Singapore's Changi Airport to become world-class. But its landlord — the city of Chicago — should recognize that O'Hare has problems. "O'Hare's terminals...
CTA’s yearlong Wilson station project will slow Loop-bound commutes
Morning commutes toward the Loop will soon take a few minutes longer for some riders on the CTA Red and Purple/Evanston Express rail lines while a section of track is...