Chicago Transportation

A passenger walks past a CTA Green Line train after it arrived at the Clinton station in Chicago on March 20, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Green and Pink Line commutes to be impacted by construction work

By Talia Soglin

October 13, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Major construction work will snarl Green and Pink line commutes downtown for nearly two weeks...

U.S. Rep. Jesús "Chuy" García, 4th, speaks to reporters Nov. 9, 2025, in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this year would require federal oversight of dispatching software. García is a sponsor. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Federal Railroad Administration investigating rail dispatch incidents in Chicago area

By Talia Soglin

October 11, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The Federal Railroad Administration is investigating three incidents over the summer involving problems with dispatching...

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...

FILE – A Southwest Airlines ticket agent checks in passengers at Love Field in Dallas, July 25, 2024. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Southwest Airlines says it will introduce assigned seats and premium perks in 2026

By David Koenig

September 26, 2024 at 6:34 p.m.

Southwest Airlines executives on Thursday unveiled their vision for Southwest 2.0, an airline that for...

Roma Khan, president of Barrington Student Safety Organization, wears the organization’s signature pink vest near the railroad crossing along Route 59 on Sept. 18, 2024, in Barrington. The organization wants to see greater safety measures, such as pedestrian gates, near well-traveled pedestrian routes throughout the village. Earlier this year, Marin Lacson, 17, a junior at Barrington High School, was struck and killed by a train while walking to school. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Pedestrian safety measures still lacking at many rail crossings — sometimes with tragic results

By Robert McCoppin

September 25, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Fatalities in Barrington and on Chicago's Southeast Side have sparked concern for pedestrians when they...

Passengers disembark after an Amtrak Southwest Chief train arrives on Feb. 25, 2019, at Union Station. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Amtrak to run new service from Chicago to Florida — for now

By Sarah Freishtat

September 25, 2024 at 6:14 a.m.

The new Floridian trains will run daily from Chicago to Miami, stopping along the way...

A sign on the Crawford Avenue bridge over the Cal-Sag Channel on the Alsip/Robbins border was placed when the bridge was built in 1932. The bridge, pictured in 2019, is part of a Cook County effort to revitalize Pulaski Road between 127th and 159th streets. (Ted Slowik/Daily Southtown)

Landmarks: Pulaski Road cousin of Golden Gate Bridge earns historical status

By Paul Eisenberg

September 22, 2024 at 5:11 a.m.

The Crawford Avenue span over the Cal-Sag Channel was built by the same company as...

A barge is parked on the Illinois River near the William G. Stratton State Park in Morris on Sept. 20, 2024. If water levels keep dropping and barge traffic slows, some Illinois farmers worry that soybean and corn prices will drop too. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Water levels on the Mississippi River are low. That’s raising concerns for Illinois farmers during the harvest.

By Adriana Pérez

September 22, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

Drought monitor shows 45% of Illinois is being affected by at least a moderate drought...

Dorval Carter, president of the Chicago Transit Authority, acknowledges the four people killed recently on a Blue Line train and the CTA worker who was shot, before the start of his talk at City Club Chicago on Sept. 19. 2024, in Chicago. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

As fiscal cliff, consolidation bill loom, CTA President Dorval Carter makes his case for the future of transit

By Sarah Freishtat

September 19, 2024 at 6:05 p.m.

CTA President Dorval Carter outlined an ambitious vision for growing transit in Chicago — if...

Members of five families from Fremont, Michigan, listen as the Mariachi band Los Palmeros perform in the Great Hall of Chicago’s Union Station on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. The band was on hand to entertain during an event honoring the legacy of Latino railroad workers at Amtrak and in Illinois. The Michigan families were traveling through Chicago en route to Montana. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Amtrak salutes Latino workers who kept the trains running on time

By Peter Breen

September 19, 2024 at 5:47 p.m.

A historian from Aurora delivered a lecture about "traqueros" at the Union Station ceremony, which...

Boeing workers wave picket signs as they strike after union members voted to reject a contract offer, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, near the company’s factory in Everett, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Boeing CEO says the company will furlough a ‘large number’ of employees to preserve cash during strike

By David Koenig

September 20, 2024 at 11:18 a.m.

Boeing’s CEO says the company will begin furloughing a large number of employees to save...

A Chevrolet Volt charges at at a station outside the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Jan. 5, 2020, in east Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

GM offering adapters to help electric vehicle owners access Tesla chargers

By Michelle Chapman

September 18, 2024 at 9:05 a.m.

General Motors is now offering adapters to help its electric vehicle owners access Tesla chargers.

Police gather on Michigan Avenue during a celebration of Mexican Independence Day in Chicago on Sept. 14, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Residents say city road closures for Mexican Independence Day celebrations too restrictive

By Karina Atkins

September 15, 2024 at 8:50 p.m.

Despite Chicago officials’ efforts to reduce Mexican Independence Day car caravans this year, the annual...