Transportation
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There will be no getaway from high gas prices over Memorial Day
May 16, 2022 6:34 PM - Travel is expected to rebound this Memorial Day weekend after a COVID-19 slump, but road trippers should brace for regular gas to average more than $4 a gallon in 47 states, AAA reports. -
'Not ready for prime time yet': How local officials are preparing and training for electric vehicles
May 16, 2022 5:10 AM - The electrification of American cars isn't just theoretical anymore, and that's why firefighters learned how to handle EV battery fires and mayors got tips on how to power their future electric snowplow fleets at the recent Green Drives conferences in Naperville organized by Chicago Area Clean Cities.
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Controversial red-light cameras in Oakbrook Terrace ordered off
May 13, 2022 5:10 PM - State transportation officials have ordered Oakbrook Terrace to turn off a set of controversial red-light cameras at a busy intersection there. -
United, pilots reach tentative deal
May 13, 2022 4:08 PM - United Airlines and its pilots union have reached a tentative agreement on a contract that would give the carrier a promise of labor peace as it readies for the busiest travel season since the start of the pandemic.
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Pedego electric bike shop opens in Naperville
May 10, 2022 5:00 AM - The owners of the Pedego electric bike shop in Wheaton have expanded and opened a new store in Naperville. -
Changing the narrative: Out-of-state businesses are buying Illinois' sales pitch
May 1, 2022 6:00 AM - Intersect Illinois -- a group formed in 2016 by then Gov. Bruce Rauner that counts many of Illinois' biggest and best-known corporations as funders -- is telling Illinois' story to out-of-state businesses in hopes they will move here. Many of them like what they hear.
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Elk Grove Village hikes fine for overnight truck parking from $30 to $750
Apr 29, 2022 7:42 PM - Elk Grove Village police will be cracking down on over-the-road truckers who park overnight on side streets throughout the industrial park by levying higher fines. -
Metra, Pace, CTA not changing mask policy yet while some airlines do after judge's ruling
Apr 19, 2022 6:17 AM - A federal judge's voiding of the national mask mandate covering airplanes and other public transportation has thrown a long-standing policy in flux as the government and transportation industry reacts. Various transit agencies and airlines announced diverging policies. -
FAA moving regional HQ from Des Plaines to Rolling Meadows
Apr 5, 2022 1:34 PM - After more than a quarter-century in Des Plaines, the Federal Aviation Administration will move its regional headquarters to an office building in Rolling Meadows, the real estate firm that brokered the deal announced Tuesday. -
How spiking diesel costs translate into higher prices for everyone
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