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...

Firemen assist passengers past the twisted undercarriage of a CTA car, upended above Wabash Avenue on Feb. 4, 1977, in Chicago. (John Bartley/baiduhai)

Today in Chicago History: CTA derailment in the Loop during rush hour kills 11 people

By Kori Rumore

February 4, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 4, according...

Visitors sit inside of a Gary Public Transportation Corporation all-electric bus on August 9, 2023. (Kyle Telechan for the Post-Tribune)

Gary public transportation to offer free fare for transit equity

By Maya Wilkins

February 3, 2026 at 3:19 p.m.

The Gary Public Transportation Corporation is celebrating transit equity and former civil rights leader Rosa...

Passengers exit a Waymo self-driving car, Dec. 26, 2025, in San Francisco. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Waymo-backed bill could make self-driving cars legal in Illinois in three years

By Talia Soglin

February 2, 2026 at 4:28 p.m.

The bill would authorize autonomous vehicle pilot programs in a handful of Illinois counties, including...

Acting CTA President Nora Leerhsen at the CTA Damen Avenue Green Line station on Jan. 26, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Acting CTA chief lays out priorities after dodging fiscal cliff

By Talia Soglin

February 2, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Nora Leerhsen sat down with the Tribune after one year on the job.

Freighters are docked at the Illinois International Port District facility on the Calumet River at Lake Michigan on July 18, 2023, in Chicago. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Stricter ballast rules on freighters demanded to protect Great Lakes from invasive species

By Jerry Wu

February 1, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

To prevent further spread of potentially catastrophic invasive species in the Great Lakes, the Canadian...

Metropolitan Police Department diver Robert Varga poses for a portrait, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Responders recall a mission of recovery and grief a year after the midair collision near Washington DC

By Gary Fields

January 29, 2026 at 6:47 p.m.

Families and emergency responders are marking the one-year anniversary of the deadly plane collision over...

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy presides over the NTSB fact-finding hearing on the DCA midair collision accident, at the National Transportation and Safety Board boardroom in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Investigators say deadly midair collision near DC followed years of ignored warnings about traffic

By Gary Fields

January 27, 2026 at 3:55 p.m.

NTSB members were troubled Tuesday over years of ignored warnings about helicopter traffic dangers and...

A South Shore Line train pulls into the Hammond Gateway station, where riders from the new Monon Corridor route will transfer to go east or west along the railroad’s Lakeshore route. (Doug Ross/for Post-Tribune)

South Shore Line’s West Lake Corridor start set for mid-March

By Doug Ross

January 27, 2026 at 1:34 p.m.

St. Patrick’s Day has been chosen as the tentative date for a ribbon-cutting for the...

This image taken from video provided by WABI television, emergency services work on a scene of the Bombardier Challenger 600 crash at the Bangor Airport in Maine, late Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (WABI via AP)

Maine plane crash victims include event planner and corporate pilot

By Patrick Whittle

January 27, 2026 at 5:19 p.m.

The National Transportation Safety Board arrived Tuesday to begin investigating at a Maine airport where...

A United Airlines plane takes off from O’Hare International Airport in Chicago on Oct. 4, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)

United Airlines, in competition with American over market share, announces new flights out of O’Hare

By Talia Soglin

January 27, 2026 at 2:29 p.m.

United and American Airlines are doubling down on flights out of O’Hare International Airport, which...