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CeJaurrie Roberts views all Lime scooters in the West and Southwest sides at the beginning of his scooter retrieval shift, starting from the company office in the 1700 block of West Carroll Avenue, Oct. 15, 2019, in Chicago.

Scooters are off Chicago’s streets. Will the city let them come back?

October 17, 2019 at 2:58 p.m.

Electric scooters were rounded up for the last time on Tuesday evening as the city's four-month pilot came to an end. Scooter companies and community groups are asking the city...

Tres patinetas eléctricas esperan ser desbloqueadas para su uso en Chicago, entre las avenidas Milwaukee y Ashland.

Terminó el ensayo de patinetas eléctricas en Chicago ¿Qué sigue?

October 15, 2019 at 3:27 p.m.

El experimento de la patineta eléctrica, que duró cuatro meses y ha sido bien recibido por unos, pero rechazado por otros, llegó a su fin el martes. Hasta la semana...

A Gruv scooter is parked on North Bosworth Avenue in the Noble Square neighborhood of Chicago on June 15, 2019.

After about 800,000 rides, and many ER visits, the Chicago scooter pilot comes to an end

October 16, 2019 at 7:22 a.m.

The four-month electric scooter pilot in Chicago, both celebrated and reviled by residents, comes to an end Tuesday. As of last week, people had taken 772,450 rides on electric scooters,...

The long-awaited completion of the Navy Pier Flyover along the lakefront has been delayed yet again, this time until late spring of 2020.

The Navy Pier Flyover’s completion date has been delayed — again. The Willis Tower took half the time to build.

October 11, 2019 at 8:14 a.m.

The long-awaited completion of the Navy Pier Flyover along the lakefront has been delayed yet again, this time until late spring of 2020. The $64 million pedestrian and bicycle bridge,...

Metra trains outside of Union Station Feb. 28, 2019.

Why your commute could get faster, more reliable: Metra looks to buy new locomotives, rail cars with state capital money

October 8, 2019 at 4:11 p.m.

Metra expects to spend close to $2.6 billion in the next five years on locomotives, rail cars, bridges, stations and other improvements that could potentially speed the daily commutes of...

A pair of deer cross a road in Stamford, Conn., on Jan. 18, 2007.

Caution: Fall is deer mating season. Here’s what you can do to prevent costly, scary car-animal collisions.

October 7, 2019 at 11:57 a.m.

It's autumn, and if you're a deer, that means love is in the air. Bucks are running after does around the countryside, and many are chasing the objects of their...

Metra trains are parked near Metra's A-2 switching station in Chicago on March 29, 2019.

New Metra station coming to Auburn Gresham neighborhood

September 30, 2019 at 4:48 p.m.

After years of planning, Metra and government officials on Monday announced a timetable to design and start construction of a new station in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the city's...

Young Kang exits a grocery store in the 1100 block of West Argyle Street on Sept. 25, 2019, in Chicago. Kang purchases rice from the store to feed pigeons and other birds throughout the city.

CTA, officials up against a determined pigeon feeder at Northwest Side station

September 30, 2019 at 11:56 a.m.

State Rep. Jaime Andrade has been fighting a losing battle to clean up the mess made by pigeons at the CTA's Irving Park Blue Line station on the city's Northwest...

Kamron Moore, stands by a SmartCar near his apartment. Car2Go said it has made the "difficult decision" to pull out of Chicago by the end of the year.

Car2Go ending Chicago rental car pilot by the end of the year

September 27, 2019 at 3:48 p.m.

Car2Go, a rental car company that was the target of multiple thefts this past spring, said it will pull out of Chicago on Dec. 31. Car2Go started its car-share pilot...

Crews work April 5, 2019, in the expansion over Cicero Avenue connecting baggage claim and counters with terminals at Midway Airport. Ongoing construction at the airport hurt its customer satisfaction scores in a J.D. Power study.

O’Hare, Midway both lose ground on customer satisfaction, J.D. Power study says

September 25, 2019 at 3:08 p.m.

Both O'Hare International Airport and Midway Airport scored lower in passenger satisfaction compared with last year, with ongoing construction contributing to traveler unhappiness, according to a study released Wednesday. The...

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