Chicago Transportation

The price of a gallon of diesel fuel is shown electronically on a pump at a QuikTrip station Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026, in Greenwood Village, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Trump strikes deal with Putin to get diesel

By Michelle L. Price

October 9, 2026 at 6:26 p.m.

Trump’s shocking announcement was in stark contrast to a sweeping Russia sanctions law he signed...

Passengers board a Pace bus as a CTA Green Line train pulls in near the intersection of Harlem and South Boulevard in Oak Park, Friday, June 20, 2025. Students at Oak Park and River Forest High School who don't have a ride to school will have to continue to rely on public transportation after the School District 200 board renewed an expeption from a rule requiring them to provide school bus services. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Despite petition, Oak Park and River Forest High School renews school bus exemption

By Cam'ron Hardy

October 9, 2026 at 4:40 p.m.

School buses are too expensive, board tells Oak Park and River Forest High students who...

A westbound CTA Chicago Avenue bus is forced to maneuver around an illegally parked truck, parked in a CTA-only lane at Chicago and Milwaukee avenues, on Nov. 4, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Measure to expand Chicago’s bus and bike lane ticketing program advances

By Talia Soglin

October 9, 2026 at 4:11 p.m.

Automated cameras that catch drivers who block bus and bike lanes in the act could...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., talks to reporters about a funding bill to end the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security shutdown that began more than a month ago, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, March 23, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Deal emerges to end Homeland Security budget standoff as TSA disruptions deepen

By Joey Cappelletti

March 24, 2026 at 2:12 p.m.

Senators raced Tuesday to clinch an emerging proposal to end the Homeland Security shutdown by funding much...

Travelers wait in line to check in at Porter Airlines at Midway International Airport in Chicago on March 23, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

TSA Union: How to help unpaid workers at O’Hare and Midway airports amid partial shutdown

By Lauryn Azu

March 24, 2026 at 12:31 p.m.

Grocery store and gas cards valued $20 or less each can be mailed to workers...

Officials with the National Transportation Safety Board investigate the site, Monday, March 23, 2026, where an Air Canada jet came to rest after colliding with a Port Authority firetruck at LaGuardia Airport, shortly after landing Sunday night in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Flight attendant thrown from Air Canada plane survives in a ‘total miracle’

By Jennifer Peltz

March 23, 2026 at 3:20 p.m.

A flight attendant still strapped in her seat survived being thrown from an Air Canada...

A passenger looks at two masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who stand just inside a passenger exit area in Terminal 1 at Chicago O’Hare International Airport on March 23, 2026. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

ICE agents deployed to O’Hare as TSA goes without pay amid partial shutdown

By Talia Soglin

March 23, 2026 at 5:33 p.m.

At O'Hare, travelers have not seen significant delays, and security lines were not long and...

A federal immigration agent is seen as people wait in a TSA line at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Monday, March 23, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Emilie Megnien)

ICE officers go to TSA checkpoints at Trump’s direction, while long wait times at airports persist

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips

March 23, 2026 at 1:29 p.m.

More federal immigration officers are making their way to U.S. airports after President Donald Trump...

An Air Canada Jet sits on the runway at LaGuardia Airport, Monday, March 23, 2026, after colliding with a Port Authority aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicle in New York. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)

2 pilots killed when jet collides with fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia Airport

By Jake Offenhartz

March 23, 2026 at 6:45 p.m.

An Air Canada jet carrying more than 70 passengers collided with a fire truck while landing at...

People wait in a TSA line at the John F. Kennedy International Airport, Sunday, March 22, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

ICE officers go to TSA checkpoints at Trump’s direction, while long wait times at airports persist

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips

March 23, 2026 at 3:29 p.m.

President Donald Trump’s decision to order federal immigration agents to U.S. airports to help with...

Cook County sheriff’s police officers patrol the 95th Street Red Line CTA station in Chicago on March 11, 2026. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

CTA riders and workers have been assaulted at rates at least double other public transit agencies

By Talia Soglin

March 25, 2026 at 4:34 p.m.

Workers and passengers on the Chicago Transit Authority have been assaulted at rates at least...

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, March 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

ICE officers soon will help with airport security unless Democrats end shutdown, President Trump says

By Collin Binkley

March 21, 2026 at 6:08 p.m.

President Donald Trump said Saturday he will order federal immigration officers to take a role...

Air travelers endure long lines and two-hour wait times at the TSA security check point at Terminal E at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport Friday, March 20, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)

TSA officers are quitting as a funding standoff forces them to staff airports without pay

By Rio Yamat

March 20, 2026 at 5:25 p.m.

The public is experiencing the consequences in long wait times at some airports as more...