Articles filed under Transportation
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Region scores over $300 million grant to get trains and cars moving fasterSep 20, 2024 5:09 pm - An influx of federal cash will help fix a notorious train bottleneck in Chicago plus help reduce flooding on I-290 in the suburbs.
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What Metra riders could see in this year’s budgetSep 18, 2024 8:38 pm - Metra’s lackluster ridership is driving down revenues, budgeteers say.
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O’Hare and Midway dip in customer satisfaction ratingsSep 18, 2024 8:38 pm - Passengers were not kind to O’Hare and Midway international airports, according to a J.D. Power survey Wednesday.
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IDOT hosts information session on Chicago-Rockford rail service planSep 18, 2024 12:57 pm - The Illinois Department of Transportation hosted an informational meeting this week in Elgin to share plans to restart a 90-mile passenger rail service between Chicago and Rockford.
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Lawsuit filed by family of Barrington teen killed when hit by Metra trainSep 18, 2024 10:27 am - A lawsuit has been filed over the death of Barrington teen Marin Lacson, who was struck by a Metra train in downtown Barrington earlier this year.
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Goodbye trains, hello gridlock — will transit cash crunch spell big-time cuts?Sep 15, 2024 4:45 pm - What happens when Metra, Pace and the CTA hit the “fiscal cliff”? How about 30% to 40% fewer commuter trains to the suburbs.
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Schaumburg trustees move forward with area’s first residential roundaboutSep 12, 2024 4:39 pm - Schaumburg trustees unanimously have decided to move forward with the planning of a regionally rare roundabout at the intersection of Braintree Drive and Weathersfield Way that would be the first in a residential neighborhood.
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Two escape harm after plane crashes near Schaumburg Regional AirportSep 11, 2024 6:42 pm - Both occupants of a small plane that went down at about 11 a.m. Wednesday in a tree-lined ditch along Irving Park Road in unincorporated DuPage County near Roselle escaped serious injury, according to police.
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AG’s office asks tollway for an explanation of closed sessionSep 05, 2024 8:29 pm - The AG’s Public Access Bureau says “further inquiry is warranted” into how an Illinois tollway board meeting was conducted and whether it was in violation of the Open Meetings Act.
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Shooter methodically killed 4 on Blue Line train without provocation, prosecutor saysSep 04, 2024 8:50 pm - The rampage that ended in three men and a woman shot to death on the Blue Line early Monday began in the last row of a car as the train neared the Forest Park station. St...