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...

A contract K-9 security team patrols along a CTA Blue Line train at the Clark/Lake subway station, Dec. 16, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

CTA to add more police officers after Feds threaten funding

By Talia Soglin

December 18, 2025 at 6:51 p.m.

Starting Friday, the Chicago Transit Authority Chicago police will would boost the number of officers...

A South Shore commuter train approaches the East Chicago station. (Joe Puchek / Post-Tribune)

That lonesome whistle is already blowing on new rail route

By Doug Ross

December 18, 2025 at 1:18 p.m.

On Monday, the South Shore Line began running a two-car train along the new rail...

FILE – National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy speaks during the NTSB fact-finding hearing on the DCA midair collision accident, at the National Transportation and Safety Board boardroom, July 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)

US government admits role in causing helicopter-plane collision that killed 67 in Washington

By Josh Funk

December 18, 2025 at 7:47 a.m.

The U.S. government admitted that the actions of an air traffic controller and Army helicopter...

The propeller of the "Big Red," a 1942 Boeing Stearman bi-plane sits in front the Gary Jet Center as it waits for a practice flight ahead of the Gary Air Show along the lakefront Aug. 5-6, at the Gary/Chicago International Airport, in Gary, on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. (Vincent D. Johnson/for the Post-Tribune)

Collins spells out his 2026 future for Gary airport

By Carole Carlson

December 17, 2025 at 3:44 p.m.

Gary/Chicago International Airport Authority chairman Tom Collins Jr. voiced a sense of urgency for the...

One of the few CTA buses on the streets is greeted by shouting strikers at the Kimball Avenue "L" station on Dec. 19, 1979, but there was no violence at any of the bus barns or rapid transit terminals. (Michael Budrys/baiduhai)

Today in Chicago History: 11,000 CTA workers walk off the job, stranding 700,000 daily riders

By Kori Rumore

December 19, 2025 at 9:20 a.m.

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Dec. 17, according...

Gov. JB Pritzker smiles after signing the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act, a state transit funding and reform bill, at Union Station, Dec. 16, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

JB Pritzker signs transit bill that should avert major service cuts, but cautions that ‘transformation’ takes time

By Talia Soglin

December 16, 2025 at 3:00 p.m.

Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday celebrated his enactment of a new law that advocates say...

Passengers line up based on boarding group numbers to board a Southwest Airlines flight at Oakland International Airport, on Sept. 26, 2024. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal/TNS)

What to know about Southwest Airlines’ new boarding process

By Tribune News Service

December 15, 2025 at 11:10 a.m.

The famous numbered metal stanchions that for decades defined Southwest Airlines’ unique boarding process are...

U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds aircraft are displayed on the tarmac at Gary Chicago International Airport during a preview event for the upcoming Gary Air Show on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Planes, trains, automobiles: RDA’s strategic plan sets 20-year goals

By Doug Ross

December 13, 2025 at 9:00 a.m.

In the past 20 years, the Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority has been instrumental in...

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks at a news conference at Harry Reid International Airport, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ronda Churchill)

TSA renews push to end collective bargaining agreement for airport security screeners

By Associated Press

December 12, 2025 at 6:18 p.m.

The Transportation Security Administration is renewing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s push to end a...

An Amtrak Empire Builder train prepares to depart on March 28, 2017, at Union Station in Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Amtrak’s 18,000 workers to receive bonuses, funded by executive cuts

By Safiyah Riddle

December 12, 2025 at 12:44 p.m.

More than 18,000 Amtrak workers will receive a $900 bonus before the end of the...