Thanksgiving travel expected to rebound to pre-pandemic levels. Planning ahead to get out of the Chicago area will help you avoid delays.
The Chicago Department of Aviation said the Airport Transit System, which moves between the parking lot and airport terminal, will reopen.
Only CTA single-ride fares — $2.50 for a train and $2.25 for a bus – would remain the same under changes proposed in the 2022 budget.
The ramp from southbound I-294 to the Eisenhower Expressway will close for over a month beginning Thursday at 8 p.m.
Illinois State Police are stationed near the 71st Street exit Thursday evening after reports of a shooting in the area at around 5 p.m.
City Council approved a measure to allow 3 companies to purchase 2-year licenses for e-scooters - if they can keep them off the sidewalks.
1 person is dead after a 7 vehicle crash on the expressway Sunday night, state police said.
Most animal-involved crashes occur in the fall. A 2021 State Farm analysis breaks down the likelihood of hitting a deer in Illinois.
The incident happened just after 1 p.m. Wednesday afternoon.
The schedule change is the second round of tweaks from Metra as the service adapts to a return to pre-COVID ridership.
Illinois Department of Transportation warned drivers there are crews cleaning up a diesel spill in the area near West Addison Street.
Illinois State Police said southbound Interstates 90 and 94 were stopped for about an hour after reports of a shooting.
Officials said multiple lanes of outbound traffic are blocked due to a vehicle fire at Harlem Avenue and the Kennedy Expressway.
Video posted to Twitter by user @eGoJaleel showed black smoke billowing into the air as a man rides past in a vehicle.
Illinois State Police said a driver went the wrong way on the Stevenson Expressway shortly after midnight, colliding with another car.
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Officials from Illinois State Police said lane closures were needed from 5:15 a.m. to about 7:45 a.m. while crews rescued the trapped driver
The return to full service is a boon to central Illinois locations like Bloomington-Normal and Springfield.
The freeway was closed near the 111th Street exit early Sunday morning after several cars collided.
The No. 97 Skokie bus is advised as an alternative, and bus shuttle service is also available to the Dempster-Skokie terminal.
While traffic eased in the first year of the pandemic, drivers in Chicago still spent hours waiting in their cars.
The project will begin Thursday and run through July 2 during which time commuters will find the west-side crosswalk and platform closed.
Independence Day travel is expected to reach pre-pandemic levels as more than 47 million people take to U.S. roads and skies this year.
The exit ramp to westbound 80/94 was closed overnight while crews towed the truck away.
U.S. pedestrian deaths were up 4.8 percent last year, the Governors Highway Safety Association said. Bad driver behavior is likely to blame.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Wednesday Amtrak would begin running popular routes more frequently. Metra lines will slowly resume as well.
The average gas price in Illinois was more than 20 cents higher than the national average. Officials said a gas shortage is unlikely here.
The Navy Pier Flyover project has been in the works for almost a decade. Now, the city unveils the new trail as the lakefront reopens.
Deaths from wrong-way crashes have been on the rise nationwide and across Illinois, according to data from the AAA Foundation.
The bike-share company announced a new incentive program that gives gloves, water bottles and extra bike minutes in exchange for points.
“Downtown, I’ve never seen this empty.”
The City Council committee of transportation voted on renaming 17 miles of Lake Shore Drive after Jean Baptiste Point DuSable.
The cars are expected to feature new seats with more leg room, and LCD screens on the walls near the doors displaying surveillance images.
Illinois scored well — just don't venture into neighboring Missouri, which has some of the worst divers in the U.S., according to a report.
Litter costs Illinois taxpayers about $6.1 million a year in cleanup costs.
United Airlines says it will train 5,000 pilots at its own academy, and it hopes that half of them will be women or people of color.
The Illinois Tollway said traffic volumes have varied so much due to COVID-19 that it cannot release its Easter traffic prediction.
Bus drivers also have the authority to run as “drop-off only” and bypass stops if their bus gets overcrowded.
Three U.S. cities are still among the most congested in the world, according to this year’s scorecard by traffic analytics company INRIX.