Gia Biagi, the state's new acting transportation secretary, quit as commissioner of Chicago's Transportation Department shortly after Mayor Brandon Johnson took office.

The Midwestern city had over 11 million shared bike and e-scooter trips last year, according to a Jan. 8 news release.

The Chicago Department of Transportation completed 10 projects in the last year near schools around the city to improve pedestrian and cyclist safety following crashes involving youths. High school students participating in the nonprofit West Town Bike’s after-school program told the Tribune that while they prize the time with friends,

Eager to finish tuning up bikes that they’d been learning how to fix since fall, the high school students in West Town Bike’s after-school program fell quiet when their instructor asked for a show of hands.

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) completes Automatic Train Control (ATC) implementation on all north side Commuter Rail lines. Also, ridership across the Chicago region’s fixed-route transit system hits post-pandemic high in 2024;

The program allows the city to use cameras to mail tickets to registered vehicle owners for violations in an area that covers much of downtown.

A new report from the city's planning and transportation departments proposes creating "character zones" along the corridor filled with cafes, greenery, retail, plazas and other amenities.

Gia Biagi, Illinois' acting transportation secretary, focuses on accelerating the Kennedy Expressway project and related IDOT construction efforts.

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 23, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National Weather Servic) High temperature: 65 degrees (1909) Low temperature: Minus 18 degrees (1963) Precipitation: 0.

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Symbols really do matter. Trump has placed a picture of President Andrew Jackson in the Oval Office. Jackson was an owner of enslaved people who became wealthy because of the institution of slavery. His Indian Removal Act forced more than 50,000 Native Americans off their ancestral homes, opening up the land for white settlement.

A massive search operation is underway after a passenger aircraft carrying 64 people collided midair with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport outside of Washington, DC, according to aviation and defense officials.