Smoother O’Hare landings face technical headwind
Landings on the most heavily used arrival runway at O'Hare International Airport will soon be safer and more accurate while also saving fuel and perhaps reducing jet noise over Chicago...
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CTA seeks more bids for new rail cars
The CTA on Thursday will make a second attempt to stir up interest among rail car manufacturers to submit bids on a next-generation train for Chicago-area rapid transit riders, according...
Move afoot to let smartphones pay transit fares
Smartphones would work like "virtual Ventra cards'' under a $2.5 million plan presented Wednesday to quickly knit together a regionwide mobile transit fare-payment system. The proposed Ventra smartphone app is...
Ventra mobile-ticketing app testing to start in February
Metra and Pace on Wednesday unveiled plans for a Ventra mobile-ticketing app that will debut next year. Metra Executive Director Don Orseno told the CTA board at Wednesday's monthly meeting...
Mobile ticketing test to start in February on CTA, Metra and Pace
CTA, Metra and Pace on Wednesday unveiled plans for a Ventra mobile-ticketing app that will debut next year. Metra Executive Director Don Orseno told the CTA board at Wednesday's monthly...
Aurora air traffic center reopens after fire
Federal air traffic control facilities across the U.S. reported normal operations Monday as the job of safely guiding planes over Illinois and six other Midwestern states shifted back to a...
CTA employee dismissals soar under Claypool’s watch
Even before his first day on the job in spring 2011, CTA President Forrest Claypool said his top priority was to clean up the transit agency, in large part by...
Blue Line’s California station to reopen Thursday
The CTA California station on the O'Hare branch of the Blue Line is scheduled to reopen Thursday after a 1 1/2-month renovation, and the Damen station is set to close...
FAA radar center back in operation, 17 days after fire
A Chicago-area radar facility that is a key cog in the nation's air traffic control network was back online Monday morning after a 17-day outage caused by sabotage, the Federal...
O’Hare takes step to host huge Airbus A380
The new runway that opened a year ago at O'Hare International Airport is both long and wide enough to handle the world's largest passenger airplane. But the behemoth Airbus A380...