Mary Wisniewski – Page 23

Vehicles drive on 130th Street between Altgeld Gardens Homes and Hegewisch on June 13, 2019. The region lacks safe transportation paths for those walking or biking..

‘Transportation desert’: It’s tough to be without a car on the Far South and Southeast sides. Residents are looking for answers.

June 17, 2019 at 3:20 p.m.

Chicago's Far South and Southeast sides have a lot going for them — the Pullman National Monument, an international port, Big Marsh Bike Park and a new factory for CTA...

Candice Xie, CEO of VeoRide, demonstrates an electric scooter in the bike lane at Union Park in Chicago on June 11, 2019. VeoRide is one of 10 companies set to particpate in a four-month pilot scooter program that begins June 15.

10 companies to offer scooters during Chicago’s summer pilot program that starts Saturday

June 16, 2019 at 4:05 p.m.

Electric shared scooters are coming to the city Saturday, and 10 companies have been chosen to take part in the four-month pilot program. Scooters will be available in West, Northwest...

A woman catches a Lyft ride-sharing car in Chicago's Loop on May 29, 2019. The number of vehicles involved in ride-sharing for Uber, Lyft and Via has skyrocketed in the last three years.

Uber and Lyft said ride-sharing would cut traffic congestion and supplement public transit. But has it worked?

June 16, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

Ride-share companies like Uber and Lyft promised they would supplement public transit and help ease traffic congestion. But data collected by the city and now made public shows almost half...

Transportation funding is being mostly paid for through a doubling of the state's 19-cent-per-gallon motor fuel tax, starting July 1.

From road repairs to transit expansions, $33 billion in capital bill will have ‘monumental’ impact

June 16, 2019 at 4:06 p.m.

For transit agencies and road builders in Illinois, it's like Christmas in June. The $45 billion capital infrastructure plan that passed the legislature last weekend will provide $33 billion in...

CTA workers and emergency crews on the scene of a train derailment on the Green Line north of the 47th Street station in Chicago on Thursday, June 6, 2019.

Green Line derailment disrupts South Side ‘L’ service for hours, 7 taken to hospitals

June 16, 2019 at 4:06 p.m.

CTA service on the Green Line has been restored after a partial train derailment Thursday morning in the Bronzeville neighborhood sent seven people to hospitals and halted trains on the...

A large hole near the dock walls of the Port of Chicago is filled with water, one sign the port is more than ready for a facelift, according to Illinois International Port District Executive Director Clayton Harris III.

Chicago’s international port looks for funds to improve its facilities and attract more shipping business

June 16, 2019 at 4:07 p.m.

Most Chicagoans look at Lake Michigan and think recreation — a view and a beach, swimming and sailboats. But the lake is also the site of a major freshwater port...

The Belmont Blue Line station's leaky new canopy will be repaired under warranty at no cost to the CTA, the transit agency says.

New Belmont Blue Line canopy springs a leak

June 16, 2019 at 4:06 p.m.

The dramatic blue-and-white canopy over the newly redesigned Belmont Blue Line station has sprung a leak. A member of the Avondale Neighborhood Watch Facebook group posted a picture of water...

A woman and child use a crosswalk representing LGBT pride on North Halsted Street at West Buckingham Place in Chicago on May 30, 2019.

Rainbow crosswalks being installed in Boystown in time for Pride Fest

June 16, 2019 at 4:07 p.m.

Visitors and residents of the "Boystown" region of the North Side's Lakeview neighborhood can start walking on rainbows. Fourteen crosswalks representing LGBT pride are being installed along Halsted Street between...

Carrie Austgen, right, and her daughter Courtney Austgen wait for the Chicago-bound Hoosier State passenger train arriving at the Amtrak station in Dyer on May 17, 2019. The Hoosier State route between Chicago and Indianapolis will end after June 30 due to a lack of funding.

New ‘crowdsourced’ bus service between Chicago and Indianapolis will try to fill gap left by Hoosier State train’s demise

June 16, 2019 at 4:08 p.m.

OurBus, a transportation company that plans routes based on customer feedback, is launching a daily Chicago-to-Indianapolis run to help fill the gap left by the ending of Amtrak's Hoosier State...

The $2.1 billion Red-Purple Line modernization project, the costliest in CTA history, will rebuild stations, bridges and track along a century-old corridor between Lawrence and Bryn Mawr on the Red Line, the agency's busiest corridor.

CTA to close Lawrence, Berwyn stations for more than 3 years during massive Red-Purple Line project

June 16, 2019 at 4:07 p.m.

North Siders — consider yourselves warned. The CTA is setting a timeline for its biggest-ever construction project, and it will involve track shutdowns, roadwork and the closing of two Red...

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