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About 21 percent of the Brown Line route is under slow-zone orders, requiring trains to operate at 35 mph or slower, according to the latest data provided by the transit agency. Above, passengers wait for a train at the Fullerton stop in March.

Elevated structure work along Brown, Purple lines expected to speed commute

June 17, 2018 at 11:25 a.m.

Rehab work on a deteriorated elevated structure along the Brown and Purple/Evanston Express lines between the Near North Side and downtown will be expanded to include track upgrades starting in...

CTA president: Bid to speed up bus routes hindered by RTA

June 17, 2018 at 11:13 a.m.

CTA efforts to reverse declining bus ridership are not being helped by the Regional Transportation Authority, which is holding back money related to the installation of special traffic signals that...

Face-lift done on Red Line’s Harrison station

June 17, 2018 at 10:58 a.m.

The CTA will be conducting a lot of ribbon cuttings on rehabbed rail stations in the months ahead, and on Wednesday Mayor Rahm Emanuel is scheduled to do just that...

Construction on the Chicago Riverwalk will close the State Street Bridge beginning Wednesday for about 10 days.

State Street Bridge to close for riverwalk work

June 17, 2018 at 11:09 a.m.

The State Street Bridge over the Chicago River will close from Wednesday until Aug. 23 to make room for continued construction of the waterfront walkway that is part of the...

City seeks feedback for River North, Streeterville transit study

June 17, 2018 at 11:18 a.m.

The River North and Streeterville neighborhoods arguably have some of the best CTA services in all of Chicago. But there are holes in the tapestry, including the need for faster...

Blue Line’s Damen, California stations to close in September and October

May 21, 2019 at 12:58 p.m.

The California station on the Blue Line's O'Hare branch will close for six weeks starting in September, followed by a nine-week shutdown of the Damen station to accommodate work on...

Private jet for $536? It’s a SuiteDeal

December 23, 2018 at 2:42 p.m.

Southwest Airlines began revolutionizing the jet-setting world of air travel roughly four decades ago with its no-frills service and helped reshape the U.S. airline industry into the mass transit system...

Gov. Pat Quinn marches in the 45th annual Chicago Pride Parade along with his running mate, Paul Vallas, far left, on June 29, 2014.

Quinn asks for ideas on how to open third airport in Peotone

May 15, 2019 at 2:15 p.m.

SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn's next move to open a potential third airport in the south suburbs is a call for private developers, air carriers and would-be tenants to gather...

A CTA Red Line train at the Belmont station.

Red-Purple modernization project gets initial batch of federal funds

May 21, 2019 at 12:49 p.m.

Update: U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx was in Chicago on Thursday with Mayor Rahm Emanuel formally announce the grant. The CTA will receive a $35 million grant as the initial...

‘Transit deserts’ don’t serve workers, study says

May 23, 2019 at 3:37 a.m.

About 1 out of every 10 people in Cook County, roughly 438,500 residents, live in "transit deserts'' that are cut off from fast, frequent train and bus service, according to...

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