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...

Tesla loses title as world’s biggest electric vehicle maker as sales fall for second year in a row

By Associated Press

January 2, 2026 at 9:52 a.m.

Tesla lost its crown as the world’s bestselling electric vehicle maker on Friday.

Train enthusiasts Liza Hucek and her sons check out an HO layout during the recent Model Train Experience at Pullman National Historical Park. (Janice Neumann/Daily Southtown)

Everyone gets to be an engineer at Pullman’s Model Train Experience

By Janice Neumann

January 1, 2026 at 5:01 a.m.

The Historic Pullman Foundation Model Train Experience is a way to expose people young and...

Janice McLee shuffles her position in her seat as a homeless man tries to get passengers' attention on a CTA Blue Line train to Forest Park on Dec. 16, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

CTA crime down slightly despite series of high-profile incidents in 2025

By Caroline Kubzansky

December 26, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Riders on CTA buses and trains have a low chance of being a violent crime...

A CTA Red Line train travels through the median of the Dan Ryan Expressway south of the Chicago skyline, Dec. 15, 2025. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Ready, set, soon? Trump admin’s funding freeze threatens Red Line Extension.

By Talia Soglin

December 24, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

The freeze is "an authoritarian move to punish the city of Chicago," one expert said.

Chicago police and fire personnel bring a victim down from the CTA Pink Line station at Washington/Wells, Dec. 23, 2025. According to police one person was fatally wounded and one injured during a confrontation that happened around 1:30 a.m. (Network Video Productions)

1 dead, 1 wounded in shooting on CTA Pink Line

By Deanese Williams-Harris

December 24, 2025 at 8:15 a.m.

At least one person was fatally wounded and one injured in a possible robbery on...

In a YouTube video, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announces some of the vanity and personalized license plates rejected this year due to indecency. (Illinois secretary of state)

Illinois puts 550 custom license plate applications on the ‘naughty’ list this year

By Laura Turbay

December 22, 2025 at 4:32 p.m.

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias released this year’s rejected vanity and personalized license plate...

A Union Pacific freight train crosses over I-290 on Dec. 8, 2025. Union Pacific plans to double the number of trains on a 2-mile stretch of track on Chicago’s West Side. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Union Pacific’s plan to add trains in the Chicago area raises alarms

By John Lippert

December 22, 2025 at 3:25 p.m.

In a merger application, the railroad plans to double the number of trains on a...

United Airlines planes park at terminal A at Denver International Airport in Denver on Nov. 6, 2025. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

United Airlines technician killed in cherry-picker crash at Denver International Airport

By Bruce Finley

December 19, 2025 at 4:22 p.m.

Federal labor investigators are looking into the overnight death of an airline maintenance technician killed...

Chicago police Detective John Sullivan patrols, along with other officers, at the CTA Red Line Roosevelt station on Dec. 19, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Trump administration threatens to withhold $50M from CTA, calling its plan to add police ‘materially deficient’

By Talia Soglin

December 19, 2025 at 4:30 p.m.

The CTA announced Thursday it would boost security on the transit system by increasing the...

Chicago police and CTA officials investigate the scene after a man was critically injured setting himself on fire at the CTA Damen Blue Line station on Dec. 19, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Man sets himself on fire at Damen station on CTA Blue Line

By Deanese Williams-Harris

December 19, 2025 at 9:30 a.m.

A man set himself on fire Friday morning at Damen Avenue on the Blue Line...