Chicago Transportation

FILE – Search efforts are seen around a wreckage site of a deadly midair collision between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Jan. 31, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Army finds systemic failures behind DC midair collision and calls for safety fixes

By Josh Funk

October 8, 2026 at 3:24 p.m.

The U.S. Army found many systemic breakdowns that led to last year’s midair collision between...

A monarch butterfly climbs on verbena blooms Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, in Oak Park. Land managers of rights-of-way throughout the area are increasingly implementing monarch-friendly practices such as installing native plants and mowing less frequently. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

As monarch butterflies head south, they’re getting an assist along utility rights of way, roadways

By Susan DeGrane

October 8, 2026 at 2:51 p.m.

The Illinois Department of Transportation, ComEd and other agencies are implementing practices along rights of...

Participants finish the Chicago Marathon on Columbus Avenue in Grant Park on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)

Chicago Marathon 2026: Course map, tips for spectators and participants — and how to drive downtown (or avoid it)

By Kori Rumore

October 8, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The Chicago Marathon's 26.2-mile course is flat, fast and ready to welcome more than 55,000...

United Airlines flight from Chicago to Minneapolis diverted because of an unruly passenger

By Associated Press

May 30, 2026 at 4:40 p.m.

A United Airlines flight bound for Minneapolis was diverted to Wisconsin on Friday night to...

A long line for Amtrak's customer service desk is pictured Friday, May 29, 2026, at Moynihan Train Hall in Manhattan. (Julian Roberts-Grmela / New York Daily News)

Fire at NYC Penn Station causes Amtrak, NJ Transit, LIRR travel woes with cancellations, delays

By Evan Simko Bednarski

May 29, 2026 at 4:17 p.m.

The FDNY dispatched a total of 141 firefighters and EMS personnel to Penn Station Friday....

CTA driver in critical condition and several passengers injured after two buses collide in Garfield Park

By Tess Kenny

May 28, 2026 at 7:34 a.m.

A traffic crash involving two Chicago Transit Authority buses in Garfield Park Wednesday night left...

FILE – A BP fuel sign is seen, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, in Marietta, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, file)

BP ousts new chairman over conduct

By Michelle Chapman

May 26, 2026 at 11:05 a.m.

BP has ousted its chairman over what it called serious concerns related to “important governance...

South Shore Line President and General Manager Michael Noland speaks during the grand opening of the 11th Street train station and parking garage in Michigan City on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. He is now reflecting on the many years he lead the agency. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Mike Noland reflects on expanding, improving South Shore Line service

By Doug Ross

May 25, 2026 at 11:26 a.m.

On his second day on the job, Mike Noland was at a public meeting in...

A person runs on the sidewalk as traffic builds along South Archer Avenue in Chicago’s Brighton Park neighborhood on May 6, 2026. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)

Chicago bike lane construction sparks pushback and fuels political fights

By Jake Sheridan

May 25, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

A Southwest Side bike lane fight is about more than just that project. It's the...

The children of Bill and Corrine Borchers, both of whom died in the crash of American Airlines Flight 191, from left, Kim Jockl, Melody Smith and Jim Borchers, speak on May 12, 2026, in Des Plaines about their journey following their parents' death. A total of 273 people as a result of the plane crash. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Remembering American Airlines Flight 191

By Talia Soglin

May 25, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Today, the site is slated to become part of the new Interstate 490 tollway, a...

Vehicles travel on the westbound Borman Expressway near the intersection with northbound Interstate 65 on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. Over 90 days, 283 undocumented immigrants driving trucks were stopped in Northwest Indiana, an aid to Gov. Mike Braun said Thursday. (Kyle Telechan/Post Tribune)

Indiana nabs 283 immigrants with CDL issued elsewhere over 90 days

By Doug Ross

May 24, 2026 at 1:03 p.m.

Over 90 days, 283 undocumented immigrants driving trucks were stopped in Northwest Indiana, Tony Ferraro...

Officers remove a body from the wreckage of a Continental Airlines passenger plane, which crashed in a farm field in Unionville, Missouri, south of the Iowa town of Centerville, on May 22, 1962. Wreckage of the plane was strewn along a 10-mile path. (AP)

Today in Chicago History: Passenger’s dynamite causes midair explosion on plane that departed O’Hare

By Kori Rumore

May 22, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on May 22, according...

A car drives over a cracked road pavement near the intersection of Iowa Street and N. East Avenue in Oak Park on Thursday, May 21, 2026. (Cam'ron Hardy/Pioneer Press)

Proposal would narrow Oak Park’s roadways as officials eye improving village’s street surfaces

By Cam'ron Hardy

May 21, 2026 at 4:14 p.m.

An Oak Park Village Board member thinks making roads narrower will help with maintenance costs...