Woman says she was on ’empty’ CTA bus in fatal crash
A Chicago woman said Monday that she and two other passengers were on the CTA bus involved in a fatal crash downtown last week, contradicting the transit agency's account that...
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Comic art imitates life on the CTA
Riders on a CTA train are minding their own business when suddenly an emergency evacuation door connecting the rail cars bursts open and a man menacingly appears. "So," he says...
Chicago’s new plane-tracking website lacks noise data
Jet noise readings are being intentionally omitted from a new city website that displays low-level planes arriving and departing at Chicago's airports, city officials said Friday. The officials said the...
Questions remain about fatal CTA bus crash
The CTA says a bus driver involved in a fatal crash on Michigan Avenue came to a stop at a red light on eastbound Lake Street, then inexplicably drove through...
O’Hare suburbs offer road map to reducing jet noise impacts
Chicago could make substantial progress toward alleviating jet noise in communities around O'Hare International Airport by not building more runways, spreading flights more evenly across existing runways and installing more...
Chicago agrees to reprieve on dismantling O’Hare’s diagonal runways
In an about-face, Chicago is asking the Federal Aviation Administration to delay action that would cause "irreparable damage'' to diagonal runways slated for closure at O'Hare International Airport, officials said...
Chicago surveys fliers as Rahm’s rhetoric on O’Hare express train heats up
The CTA and the city of Chicago are surveying thousands of passengers who use O'Hare International Airport to learn more about their trips, focusing on how people commute to and...
Realignment of perilous Damen-Elston-Fullerton intersection to start Thursday
Work is set to begin Thursday on a project that Chicago officials have debated for two decades: how to realign the congested, confusing and high-accident six-corner intersection where Damen, Elston...
Courtesy goes a long way, new CTA campaign advises riders
Sloppy eaters on CTA trains and buses, loudmouths, litterbugs, seat hogs, door blockers and assorted other misfits have for at least several years been lambasted by other riders venting their...
Safety tips for riders as summer kicks transit crime into high gear
Last year's decline in serious crimes reported on the CTA has continued through the first four months of 2015, according to new Chicago police data obtained by the Tribune, but...