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Construction on the Loop Link bus rapid transit project, on Washington Street just west of LaSalle Street on Sept. 4, 2015.

CTA bus rapid transit service to debut with fewer bells and whistles

June 15, 2018 at 9:47 a.m.

Traffic-clogging construction has been underway for almost six months on Loop Link, the Emanuel administration's experiment intended to speed CTA buses through downtown, yet the bus rapid transit service will...

A plane flies over homes along South Avenue in Schiller Park on July 30, 2015.

O’Hare noise complaints top 2 million for year

August 18, 2019 at 8:25 p.m.

Complaints about jet noise from O'Hare International Airport topped 2 million during the first seven months of this year — eight times the number filed in all of 2014, the...

Workers from the Illinois Department of Transportation, installing roadblocks for the eastbound Kennedy Expressway to Congress Parkway closure on Aug. 20, 2015.

Illinois planning for ‘yesterday’s transportation system,’ IDOT chief warns

August 18, 2019 at 8:25 p.m.

The state's transportation chief on Wednesday delivered a tough assessment of his agency's ability to solve problems ranging from traffic congestion to the sluggish movement of freight across Illinois, saying,...

A CTA 5000 Series rail car is trucked via a flatbed on West Touhy Avenue to the Edens Expressway on Aug. 27, 2015. The 700th 5000 Series rail car was shipped from the agency's Skokie Shop to the CTA rail yard at East 63rd Street to be put into service.

CTA rail cars use unconventional route to get to the shop

May 23, 2019 at 3:55 a.m.

Collisions, workers changing lightbulbs on the side of the road or police vehicles with emergency lights ablaze are the typical reasons that rubbernecking motorists slow down to see what's happening....

According to officials, an agreement with a Chicago real estate developer marks the first private purchase of a Divvy station since the bike-sharing program was launched in mid-2013.

South Loop developer buys Divvy station for its residents

August 18, 2019 at 8:22 p.m.

A Chicago real estate developer paid the city $56,000 to install a Divvy bicycle-sharing station outside two of its apartment buildings in the South Loop, officials are expected to announce...

Vehicles jam the Kennedy Expressway for the morning commute Aug. 25, 2015, in Chicago.

Most congested roads in U.S.? You’re probably on one

August 18, 2019 at 8:21 p.m.

Five of the 20 most congested stretches of road in the U.S. are in the Chicago area, according to a new study that concludes that traffic has rebounded completely from...

Bianca Baxter, 23, holds her Metra pass, which has the F designation punched in the top right corner, at Chicago's Millennium Park station Aug. 21, 2015.

On Metra, your gender is now your own business

May 23, 2019 at 3:54 a.m.

It makes good sense in some places, most obviously public restrooms, to establish basic rules distinguishing use by males and females. Those rules would not appear to pertain to Metra...

Local officials including CTA President Dorval Carter, Skokie Mayor George Van Dusen, state Sen. Daniel Biss and members of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago ride a vintage 2400 series rail car in celebration of the return of Yellow Line service Oct. 30, 2015.

Work near CTA Yellow Line raised alarm before embankment collapse

August 18, 2019 at 8:19 p.m.

Weeks before an embankment collapse shut down the CTA's Yellow Line this spring, concerns were expressed over whether nearby construction at a sewage treatment plant in Skokie was causing too...

Express buses parked at a CTA facility Feb. 4, 2010.

Express buses for Ashland, Western, but rapid transit project idles

May 15, 2019 at 2:54 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday said the CTA will bring back express bus service on Ashland and Western avenues during peak hours but insisted the move does not kill a...

The Navy Blue Angels fly their F/A-18 Hornets over North Avenue Beach during rehearsals Aug. 14, 2015, for the Air & Water Show in Chicago.

Blue Angels bring temporary noise relief to O’Hare neighbors

May 22, 2019 at 8:32 p.m.

O'Hare International Airport's diagonal runways, which are being used less often to the disappointment of some noise-weary residents who want jet traffic spread out more, got a workout Thursday during...

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