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...

A Southwest Airlines jet arrives at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix on Dec. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Southwest breaks 50-year tradition and plans to start assigning seats

By Associated Press

July 25, 2024 at 6:16 a.m.

Southwest Airlines is doing away with its 50-year tradition and plans to start assigning seats...

Travelers stand in line at a Delta Air Lines counter at Reagan National Airport on Friday, July 19, 2024, in Arlington, Va. A global technology outage caused by a faulty software update grounded flights, knocked banks and media outlets offline, and disrupted hospitals, small businesses and other services on Friday, highlighting the fragility of a digitized world dependent on just a handful of providers. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Delta CEO, in Paris for the Olympics, says outage-related cancellations should end Thursday

By David Koenig

July 24, 2024 at 3:21 p.m.

Delta Air Lines canceled significantly fewer flights Wednesday, and the airline’s chief executive said cancellations...

Roxanna Araujo, l to r, Cliff Taylor, Airraina Franklin, Jada Longs, and Joseph Lewis from the Gloria J. Taylor Foundation, wait for their luggage at Midway Airport in Chicago on Tuesday, July 23, 2024. Group members were stranded in Puerto Rico since global tech outage on July 19. (Vincent D. Johnson/for the Daily Southtown)

South suburban students return home after flight cancellations left them stranded in Puerto Rico

By Samantha Moilanen

July 24, 2024 at 10:04 a.m.

The remaining 14 south suburban students and supervisors on a global leadership trip to Puerto...

Lanes reopened after rollover crash on Eisenhower Expressway

By Sylvan Lebrun

July 24, 2024 at 11:55 a.m.

A rollover crash of a semi-truck took place on the Eisenhower Expressway at approximately 5:20...

An artist's rendering shows a proposed revamp of North DuSable Lake Shore Drive and a smoothing out of a large curve at Oak Street. (Chicago Department of Transportation)

A new north DuSable Lake Shore Drive? Long-running idea takes step forward with a concept that leaves out bus lanes, includes more park space

By Sarah Freishtat

July 24, 2024 at 4:43 p.m.

A long-running idea to revamp north DuSable Lake Shore Drive is poised to take a...

US is investigating Delta’s flight cancellations and faltering response to global tech outage

By David Koenig

July 23, 2024 at 7:17 p.m.

U.S. regulators are investigating how Delta Air Lines is treating passengers affected by canceled and...

A group of 20 south suburban high school and college students were stranded in Puerto Rico Friday, July 19, 2024, after a global technology outage caused flight disruptions for all major U.S. airlines. (Gloria J. Taylor Foundation)

14 south suburban students and supervisors stuck in Puerto Rico after technology outages left travelers stranded

By Samantha Moilanen

July 24, 2024 at 12:47 p.m.

Three days after the outage, 14 group members, including supervisors and students, are still in...

Travelers wait in a long line to speak with a Delta representative at the help desk in the McNamara terminal at the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport on July 20 in Detroit, Michigan.

Why Delta is still canceling flights as other airlines return to normal

By Cnn Com Wire Service

July 22, 2024 at 11:03 a.m.

Three days after a computer update problem caused more than 5,000 flight cancellations around the...

A tired traveler waits at United Airlines in Terminal 1 at O'Hare international Airport as a global technology outage grounded flights, July 19, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Residual cancellations, delays continue at Chicago’s airports due to global tech outage

By Rebecca Johnson

July 20, 2024 at 4:57 p.m.

O’Hare International Airport had more than 120 flights canceled by 3:45 p.m., and nearly 330...

Luggage is carted as some conveyors were down at O'Hare International Airport as a global technology outage grounded flights, July 19, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Flights disrupted. Radio stations knocked off the air. Mobile ordering suspended. Global technology outage creates headaches in Chicago area.

By Sarah Freishtat

July 19, 2024 at 5:09 p.m.

The issues were caused by a faulty software update and affected computers running Microsoft Windows,...