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Metra has revised its weekday schedule on the busy BNSF line to Aurora, which includes new morning and afternoon trains to relieve crowding.

Metra offers new schedule on BNSF line to help relieve crowding

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

Metra has revised its weekday schedule on the busy BNSF line to Aurora, which includes new morning and afternoon trains to relieve crowding. The commuter railroad also is adding a...

The city of Chicago and Divvy bike-share program are adding spots to their classes that teach adults how to ride a bicycle on city streets.

Divvy bike lessons for adults coming in June

June 16, 2019 at 4:11 p.m.

They say you never forget how to ride a bike. But for those who never learned, or feel rusty, Chicago is expanding its summertime program to teach adults how to...

Inbound traffic on the Eisenhower Expressway in Chicago on May 13, 2019. A new traffic pattern on the inbound Eisenhower Expressway to Ida B. Wells Drive is reduced to just one lane.

New lane closure on inbound Ike causes commuter pain

June 16, 2019 at 4:12 p.m.

Monday commuters on the inbound Eisenhower Expressway had to get used to a new and painful traffic configuration, with the merge onto Ida B. Wells Drive reduced to a single...

Shared electric scooters clutter a sidewalk in Los Angeles on Feb. 13, 2019.

Watch out! Cities with electric scooters have seen hundreds of injuries, from broken arms to brain trauma.

June 16, 2019 at 4:12 p.m.

Next month, Chicago hospital emergency rooms could start seeing a new kind of patient — those hurt after falling from, tripping over or getting hit by electric scooters. Shared electric...

A Chicago Transit Authority east bound 31st Street bus makes it way down 31st Street in Chicago on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018.

CTA’s 31st Street bus through Chinatown will keep running, add morning rush hour service

June 16, 2019 at 4:12 p.m.

The CTA's 31st Street bus through Chinatown and Bridgeport will keep running at least through June of 2020 and will have morning rush hour service starting in September, under a...

A Chicago lawmaker has proposed cutting Metra Electric District fares to CTA levels in order to increase affordable rail service on the city's South Side.

Bill would cut fares on Metra Electric line, increasing affordable transit options on the South Side

June 16, 2019 at 4:13 p.m.

A Chicago lawmaker has proposed cutting Metra Electric District fares to CTA levels in order to increase affordable rail service on the city's South Side. The bill, introduced by Illinois...

City of Miami police officer Pedro Beltran conducts a field sobriety test during a DUI checkpoint on May 23, 2013 in Miami, Florida.

Some marijuana users think it’s OK to drive high. That worries police.

June 16, 2019 at 11:13 p.m.

Would you drive high? Some drivers do, and they think it's not a big deal. That casual attitude about driving high worries safety experts and police, especially as more states...

‘The Torture Machine’ tells the dark history of police torture under Jon Burge — and the long road to justice

May 9, 2019 at 6:58 p.m.

"The Torture Machine," the title of a sobering new book about police torture in Chicago by civil rights attorney Flint Taylor, has two meanings. One refers to the black box...

Construction workers and officials wait May 3, 2019, for the groundbreaking ceremony for a new CTA Green Line station at Damen Avenue and Lake Street.

West Side must wait until 2021 for new CTA Green Line station at Damen

June 16, 2019 at 4:13 p.m.

The much-anticipated new CTA Green Line station at Damen Avenue and Lake Street is going to be finished in 2021, not 2020 as originally anticipated, city officials said on Friday....

Passengers sit by their suitcases inside a city-bound CTA Blue Line train from O'Hare Airport on June 16, 2018. The CTA is planning some service disruptions as it works on the O'Hare branch of the Blue Line.

Repairs will cut into CTA Blue service over two weekends in May, starting Friday

June 16, 2019 at 4:14 p.m.

Get ready to get off, and then back on, parts of the CTA Blue Line's O'Hare branch. Starting Friday, weekend track signal work on the line will cut service between...

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