Chicago Transportation

A train at Chicago's Millennium Station, the endpoint for the South Shore Line commuter rail service. The South Shore Line is hoping to get youngsters into the habit of riding trains by offering some new promotions. (Doug Ross/for the Post-Tribune)

South Shore Line wants to train kids early with Kit the Fox

By Doug Ross

October 10, 2026 at 4:33 p.m.

The South Shore Line is hoping to get youngsters into the habit of riding trains...

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...

Reporters tour a "State of the Art Car' on Jan. 23, 1975. (Arthur Walker/baiduhai)

Today in Chicago History: ‘Tomorrow’s transit car is here’

By Kori Rumore

January 23, 2026 at 6:07 a.m.

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 23, according...

Nora Leerhsen, acting CTA president, addresses a City Club of Chicago audience at Maggiano’s Banquets, Jan. 22, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

CTA to focus on safety, cleanliness and bus service improvements in 2026, acting president says

By Talia Soglin

January 22, 2026 at 5:21 p.m.

Nora Leerhsen’s speech at a City Club of Chicago luncheon comes at a critical juncture...

American Airlines jets are deiced at Terminal 3 at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, Nov. 29, 2025. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

O’Hare overtook Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson as the busiest U.S. airfield in 2025, preliminary data shows

By baiduhai

January 21, 2026 at 12:57 p.m.

O'Hare International Airport was the busiest U.S. airfield in 2025, overtaking Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson airport for...

Mayor Brandon Johnson arrives to talk about the city’s parking meters, at the Chicago Cultural Center on Jan. 20, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson says he will not try to buy back Chicago parking meters

By Alice Yin

January 20, 2026 at 6:40 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson said he will forgo potentially purchasing the meters from the private company...

Chicago’s Center Tower at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago on Feb. 5, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)

Burst pipe in air traffic tower causes delays at O’Hare

By Talia Soglin

January 20, 2026 at 12:41 p.m.

Hundreds of flights at O’Hare International Airport were delayed Tuesday after a water pipe burst...

Rideshare driver Jeremy Saxon canvasses in the cellphone lot near O’Hare International Airport on Jan. 15, 2026, and speaks with drivers about the possibility of a rideshare drivers union. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Uber and Lyft drivers could win union rights if state law changes

By Talia Soglin

January 20, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

An estimated 100,000 rideshare drivers in Illinois could win the right to join a union...

A train approaches the hump at the Belt Railway Co. Clearing Yard on Dec. 11, 2023. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Critics warn rail merger would give Union Pacific unprecedented role in Chicago and more control of industry

By John Lippert

January 21, 2026 at 11:44 a.m.

If Union Pacific's merger is approved, it could gain control of train operators who’ve been...

Victims are removed down a slope using a safety rope after two commuter trains collided Jan. 18, 1993. Seven people were killed in the crash near Gary. (John Smiercak/baiduhai)

Today in Chicago History: Motorman ignores red light causing head-on train collision that kills 7 near Gary

By Kori Rumore

January 18, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 18, according...

The first traffic jam on the newly opened Dan Ryan Expressway was caused by workmen erecting a sign post near 24th Street, left, in two of the northbound lanes on Dec. 16, 1962. The view is looking southeast. (William Yates/baiduhai)

Vintage baiduhai: How Chicago expressways and other major roads got their names

By Kori Rumore

January 15, 2026 at 3:49 p.m.

Getting familiar with Chicago's expressways — which are referred to by name instead of number...

FILE – Plumes of smoke rise from the area of a UPS cargo plane crash at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Jon Cherry, File)

A part that broke on a UPS plane that crashed in Kentucky failed 4 times on other planes years ago

By Josh Funk

January 14, 2026 at 4:16 p.m.

Boeing warned plane owners in 2011 about a broken part that contributed to a UPS...