Chicago wheeling out new bike sharing program
Called “Divvy,” the city program should open in mid-June with 75 stations and expand by the following spring to 4,000 stations, Chicago Department of Transportation officials said Thursday.
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Replacing 91-year-old double-decker Wells Street Bridge: ‘Very cool stuff’
“I want to cut it.” “No, I want to cut it!’’ That was the argument among ironworkers last month as they lobbied to be the torch-wielder who would make the last, critical cut needed to loosen nearly...
View ArticlePassenger jet, cargo plane clip wings at O’Hare
No one was injured Wednesday night when a passenger jet with 284 people aboard and a cargo plane clipped the tips of their wings as they taxied past each other at O’Hare International Airport.
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Red Line shutdown on South Side may curb business at rib joint, other shops
When the Red Line shuts down south of Cermak on May 19th for five months of repairs, the owner of I-94 Ribs and Grill worries that there won’t be nearly as many people passing by his rib joint near...
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Security cameras to watch over some shuttle bus stops during Red-Line job
Red Line South riders forced to take free shuttle buses due to upcoming track reconstruction will be wrapped in an extra layer of security — live-action cameras watching over them at shuttle stops....
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24 aldermen back mayor on parking meters — 2 short of passing plan
The aldermen say they support the plan to trade a longer paid parking day for free neighborhood parking on Sundays, two votes shy of the “silent majority” needed for City Council passage. But not...
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Red Line rehab includes 3 elevators, prep work for new 95th St. station
Upcoming Red Line South reconstruction may bring riders five months of angst, but it also will yield physical improvements to the line’s elevated stations that will last far longer. Top among them is...
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Sox fans readying to use alternate route during Red Line construction
Kathy Gutchewsky is ready to bypass the Red Line to see her beloved White Sox play. The Hometown native typically takes the CTA twice a week from her Loop job to meet her two college-aged children and...
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Metra-CTA package deal during Red Line construction could save money, hassle
For displaced riders at the southernmost end of the Red Line, the package features a 10-ride ticket on the Metra Electric or Rock Island line combined with a five-day CTA pass. The bundle was created...
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Red Line rehab will end slow zones, cut 10 minutes from 95th-to-Roosevelt ride
CTA Red Line rider Corey Junkins stared over the edge of the 47th Street platform Tuesday at wooden railroad ties with gaping, one-inch-wide cracks running their entire lengths. “Those cracks have...
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Red Line rehab will affect 98,000 CPS students’ commute to school
Dwyane Walker, a junior at Urban Prep Academy, has three days to figure out a new way to get to and from his Englewood school, along with nearly 98,000 other CPS students. Beginning Sunday, his Red...
View ArticleTeamsters back away from representing O’Hare janitors
Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s allies in the Teamsters union leadership have backed away from trying to represent airport janitors working for a company the mayor hired last year over objections from other...
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Low ad revenue estimates force Metra to delay Wi-Fi study
Metra is delaying the second phase of a plan to get Wi-Fi on trains amid concern the rail agency wouldn’t get enough from advertising dollars and would still have to spend millions annually.
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CTA chief: Red Line inconvenience will produce ‘absolute best’ railroad
Shortly before the kickoff of the Red Line South reconstruction, CTA President Forrest Claypool talked with Sun-Times Transportation Reporter Rosalind Rossi about a project that Claypool says will...
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Red Line’s ‘big fix’ starts Sunday with promise of faster commute
The “big fix’’ of the Red Line South kicks off Sunday, disrupting the weekday commutes of more than 80,000 South Side CTA L riders. Will the five-month, total shutdown — from Cermak to 95th Street —...
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