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Ann Brash, 66, left, walks with assistance from attorney Jelena Kolic in the 500 block of West Madison Street on Sept. 24, 2019, in Chicago. Brash, who is blind, is part of a group suing the city for the installation of audible crosswalk signals.

Chicago has 2,672 intersections with traffic signals, but only 11 feature sounds to help blind pedestrians, a new lawsuit alleges

September 24, 2019 at 9:41 p.m.

A nonprofit advocacy group for the blind has sued the city of Chicago for failing to install pedestrian signals that emit sounds signaling when it is safe to cross the...

Emergency personnel respond to CTA elevated tracks after a southbound Brown Line train may have collided with a southbound Purple Line train north of the Sedgwick station in Chicago on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019.

Brown, Purple line CTA service resumes after 2 trains collided near Sedgwick, 14 people sent to hospitals

September 24, 2019 at 7:35 p.m.

CTA Brown and Purple line trains were halted near the Sedgwick Street station for a little more than an hour Tuesday morning after CTA officials said two trainscollided. A southbound...

Bicyclists on the Navy Pier flyover near Lake Shore Drive and Grand Avenue in Chicago on Sept. 2, 2019.

Navy Pier Flyover segment reopens

September 24, 2019 at 7:04 a.m.

The completed section of the Lakefront Trail's Navy Pier Flyover, which was closed for three weeks for construction, reopened to cyclists and pedestrians on Monday, the city said. The Chicago...

O'Hare travelers, beware. The CTA announced on Friday that it would suspend Blue Line service between the O'Hare and Rosemont stations for nine days, starting late next week.

Attention airport travelers: CTA Blue Line work to shut down rail service between O’Hare and Rosemont

September 23, 2019 at 12:44 p.m.

O'Hare travelers, beware. The CTA announced last week that it would suspend Blue Line service between the O'Hare and Rosemont stations for nine days, starting on Friday. The service suspension...

Bicyclists, including Bernard Loyd, second from left, head home after holding a Bronzeville Bikes meeting at 51st and Prairie in 2016. Loyd, who is African American, calls himself a "dyed-in-the-wool" cyclist who sold his car years ago.

Bike tickets drop citywide — but most are still issued in majority black areas

September 23, 2019 at 7:07 a.m.

Chicago is issuing fewer bike tickets, though most are still going to riders in low-income neighborhoods that are primarily African American. The total number of bike tickets dropped from more...

The Union Station Self Park garage, shown here behind the Transit Center in 2016, will permanently close on Sept. 30, 2019.

Union Station parking garage closing

September 20, 2019 at 1:18 p.m.

If you regularly leave your car at the Union Station Self Park garage, you'll need to find a new spot by the first of October. The 700-spot parking structure will...

A wall at CTA headquarters with lookout bulletins showing people charged with or convicted of crimes.

Serious crime has doubled on Chicago’s ‘L’ system, despite the CTA adding thousands of security cameras

June 14, 2024 at 6:39 p.m.

Reports of serious crimes on the CTA rail system have doubled since 2015 even as ridership declined and such crimes rose only slightly citywide, according to a Tribune analysis of...

Poet Lois Baer Barr rides a CTA Red Line "L" train in Chicago on Sept. 12, 2019. She finds inspiration on the "L" and likes to stand on the train because she's short, and it helps her see everything.

That woman eavesdropping on your conversation on the train might be this award-winning poet, who finds inspiration in the everyday rhythms of the ‘L’

September 17, 2019 at 9:08 p.m.

When Lois Baer Barr rides the "L," she never wears headphones, and usually does not sit and read. She stands, watches and listens. She hears people on the phone, talking...

Metra on Wednesday announced that it would not raise fares next year, for the second year in a row, and that it would be budgeting $2.6 billion for improvements to its system.

Metra says it won’t hike fares in 2020, second year in a row without an increase

September 11, 2019 at 12:42 p.m.

Metra on Wednesday announced that it will not raise fares next year, for the second year in a row, and that it will be budgeting $2.6 billion for improvements to...

A woman walks south on North Sheffield Avenue at West Dickens Avenue (in background) in Chicago on Aug. 26, 2019. The city of Chicago would like to turn Dickens into a neighborhood "greenway," lowering the speed limit to 20 mph, from 30 mph and adding marked bike lanes in both directions, plus speed humps and raised crosswalks to slow down cars.

A proposed Lincoln Park ‘greenway’ draws support, controversy

September 9, 2019 at 11:49 a.m.

Dickens Avenue in Lincoln Park is a quiet, tree-lined street, running mostly one-way between well-kept residential buildings. For bicyclists who know about it, it's a pleasant alternative to Armitage Avenue...

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