Free transit rides come with a price as numbers soar
First it was Rod Blagojevich who sent free rides soaring on the Chicago area's transit system, and now the lingering effects of the Great Recession are keeping the numbers high,...
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RTA extends deadlines 3 months to renew free-rides permits
The Regional Transportation Authority has temporarily extended the expiration dates on about 100,000 free-ride permits in response to delays by the state in processing a surge of new applications and...
Illinois U.S. House members challenge O’Hare runway expansion’s approval
Three U.S. House members from Illinois on Thursday challenged the 2005 federal approval of Chicago's O'Hare runway expansion project, writing a letter to the FAA that cited a spike in...
Illinois U.S. House members challenge O’Hare runway expansion’s approval
Three U.S. House members from Illinois on Thursday challenged the 2005 federal approval of Chicago's O'Hare runway expansion project, writing a letter to the FAA that cited a spike in...
1 weekend down, 1 to go on Kennedy
It took a community to raze a bridge over the Kennedy Expressway this past weekend without the sky falling. And state transportation officials said it required a bridge demolition crew...
IDOT: Ohio, Ontario ramps reopened
Crews were in a clean-up mode Sunday afternoon around the downtown portion of the Kennedy Expressway, after demolishing two of the three sections of the old Ontario Street bridge far...
IDOT: Ohio, Ontario ramps reopened
Crews were in a clean-up mode Sunday afternoon around the downtown portion of the Kennedy Expressway, after demolishing two of the three sections of the old Ontario Street bridge far...
5 survival tips for Kennedy construction weekend
There are probably a million better ways to pass time than to be driving on the Kennedy Expressway anywhere near downtown Chicago from 10 p.m. Friday until 5 a.m. Monday,...
Chicago’s aviation chief leaving: ‘This is the right time’
Rosemarie Andolino helped deliver two new runways and better food to O'Hare International Airport in the 11 years since she took the lead role on an expansion project at the...
Report: Chronic fatigue still problem at air traffic towers
Chronic fatigue at airport towers and government radar facilities that direct planes is still a major threat to safety, three years after a "sleeping controllers'' scandal spurred the Federal Aviation...