Transportation

Some of the notable bridges listed include the Golden Gate Bridge in California, the Mackinac Bridge in Michigan, and the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.

Trains on Metra’s Milwaukee District North Line have been halted Friday afternoon near Lake Forest after a freight train struck a pedestrian, Metra said.

Pace is in the early stages of studying whether to add shoulder-riding buses on I-290 and I-88, potentially expanding express service to the west and northwest suburbs.

“I don’t want to see people lose their lives because we have an air traffic control system that fails,” the transportation secretary said Thursday on a visit to the FAA Academy in Oklahoma City.

Newly released video captured the moment of impact between a UTA FrontRunner train and an SUV in Layton, Utah.

Pace, the suburban Chicago transit agency, unveiled a new fleet of electric buses on Friday. NBC Chicago’s Christian Farr reports.

Recovery operations are underway after an American Airlines flight and an Army helicopter collided and crashed into the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night.

A deadly midair collision between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter near the nation’s capital is bringing renewed focus on the federal agency charged with investigating aviation disasters.

Recovery operations are underway after an American Airlines flight and an Army helicopter collided and crashed into the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night.

Sean Duffy, who was confirmed as Secretary of Transportation on Wednesday, said that “we are going to take responsibility” to make sure that “these mistakes do not happen again.”

A new bill could increase the age requirement for Illinois seniors to retake a behind-the-wheel drivers test. NBC 5’s Courtney Sisk reports.

Chicago drivers might need to slow down for a lower speed limit. The City Council plans to vote Wednesday on a proposal to drop the citywide speed limit. NBC 5’s Patrick Fazio reports.

A new bill could increase the age requirement for Illinois seniors to retake a behind-the-wheel drivers test.

U.S. travelers must be REAL ID compliant to board domestic flights and access certain federal facilities starting Wednesday, May 7.

Digital IDs and driver’s licenses will be available in Illinois for 2025, but only for some residents, the Illinois Secretary of State’s office announced Monday, offering a first look at timing for the highly anticipated virtual IDs.

Beginning Jan. 1, a new state law known as HB 4592 allowed the Secretary of State’s office to issue mobile ID cards and driver’s licenses. But how can you get one?

Drivers will need to pay a little more to take the Chicago Skyway beginning on Jan. 1.

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill is pumping nearly $70 billion dollars into improving and expanding passenger rail across the U.S. National climate reporter Chase Cain shows us that traveling by train can also be good for the planet.

President-elect Donald Trump says he is naming former Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy as his nominee to be transportation secretary, as he continues to roll out picks for his Cabinet.

Chicago-area transit agencies could encounter a decline in service of up to 40% in the coming years, leadership announced this week, citing the upcoming end of COVID-19 pandemic funding.