Transportation
Coverage of the CTA and Chicago-area transportation issues, from Metra to the Chicago L to rush-hour updates.
People living in communities south of 95th Street will benefit from historic investment, including the Red Line Extension and Metra Electric improvements, that will transform these areas from being transportation deserts.
A record number of people are expected to use Illinois’ airports during the Thanksgiving week as COVID-19-related hospitalizations have surged — prompting experts to warn travelers to take precautions.
Passengers ask why a snow plow was on an active track. A transportation expert wonders how the CTA didn’t know stopping distances. Thirty-eight people were injured.
The train should have had more room to stop, according to National Transportation Safety Board chair Jennifer Homendy.
He lives in Milwaukee but has become a symbol of Chicago thanks to being heard on the L since 2000 and on CTA buses since 2003. The inspiration for his “train voice” was a Walt Disney World monorail announcer.
“It’s really early in the investigation,” NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy told reporters Friday. The Yellow Line will remain suspended for five days. Meanwhile, at least two lawsuits related to the accident have been filed.
With 2.4 million travelers hitting the roads, Illinois is also nearing a record number of people traveling by car this Thanksgiving season, according to AAA.
The presentations to a regional transit board happened the same day a rail crash on the CTA’s Yellow Line injured dozens.
The train derailed after hitting a car and a tow truck a near New Buffalo, Michigan, Thursday night.
Twenty-three people were taken to hospitals in fair to serious condition. The first lawsuit related to the accident has been filed.
The driver of a Volkswagen, a 34-year-old man, crashed into the bus shortly after 9:30 a.m. near Columbus Drive and Roosevelt Road, according to Chicago police.
Shannon O’Brien, who has spinal muscular atrophy, filed a lawsuit against Frontier Airlines to make air travel more accessible for everyone.
A stretch of Interstate 10 south of downtown was closed after a fire early Saturday. The freeway handles 300,000 cars on a typical weekday and is a major freight corridor.
Following blueprint of other major cities, coalition of community groups pitches ideas to end racial inequities in police stops to City Council panel.
Protesters who were arrested were led out of the building to cheers of “We love you” and “Ceasefire now.”
The change could happen as early as February, the commuter railroad says.
More companies are calling employees back to the office, even though only 22% want to be there.
Jalean Ewing-Gibbs and Jaida Rosado Colon, both 24, were killed Monday night. Their two 21-year-old friends were injured.
Backers of the pilot hope to address the negative health effects associated with loud noises — high blood pressure, depression and even heart attacks. Critics of the proposal say the cameras will target people who can’t afford car repairs and motorcyclists — and are really a cash grab by politicians.
United and American airlines are slated to share a new “global terminal” handling both domestic and international flights — a project funded in part by airlines. But now both carriers want Mayor Brandon Johnson to alter those plans.
The ban will affect main roads from 3 a.m. through 7 a.m. each day until April 1.
About 6:25 a.m., trains in both directions began to be delayed because of frozen switches near Cicero Avenue and Congress Parkway.
The fire was reported about 7:15 a.m. Train service resumed in both directions about a half-hour after the fire, but were not stopping at the 107th Street station.
Tickets to the holiday train will cost $5 and go on sale at 7 a.m. Thursday.
A reopening date for the line, which handles about 1,500 commuters every weekday, hasn’t been set. A southbound train struck a snow plow on tracks near the Howard stop.
The CTA holiday train returned Friday afternoon, bringing thousands of lights and Santa’s sleigh to the city’s Green and Orange Line tracks.
The firm is recalling 2021-24 models of the Jeep Wrangler 4xe SUVs. Several of the vehicles were turned off and parked when they caught fire. Some were being charged.
One was filed on behalf of Zubair Hussain, who was knocked unconscious by the impact and hospitalized for three days, his lawyers said.
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