Transportation

A proposal to lower Chicago’s default speed limit took a step forward on Monday afternoon after it was passed by a City Council committee.

Greyhound Bus won’t be leaving its West Loop station just yet, its parent company FlixBus announced Tuesday.

Local transportation officials are promoting Rail Safety Week in Illinois with safety initiatives, NBC Chicago’s Kye Martin reports.

A train in Goose Creek, South Carolina, collided with an 18-wheeler carrying a tank Thursday after the truck became stuck on the tracks

Transportation officials are hoping a major investment in a technology allowing cars to talk to other cars about hazards on the road could be part of the solution to a recent surge in traffic deaths.

U.S. auto safety regulators are investigating reports that the engines can catch fire on some Jeep SUVs and pickup trucks with the ignition turned off.

Chicago city leaders and CTA officials marked the opening of the new Green Line station at Damen Avenue and Lake Street, two weeks ahead of the Democratic National Convention at the nearby United Center.

BMW is recalling more than 291,000 SUVs in the U.S. because the interior cargo rails can detach in a crash, increasing the risk of injury.

General Motors will pay nearly $146 million in penalties to the federal government because 5.9 million of its older vehicles do not comply with emissions and fuel economy standards.

The One Less Car trial comes at a time when the average monthly cost of vehicle ownership in the U.S. is more than $1,000.

Within three or four years, thousands of self-driving tractor-trailers are expected to travel on America’s public freeways.

Work is set to begin Monday on a $12 billion high-speed passenger rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area, with officials projecting millions of ticket-buyers will be boarding trains by 2028.

The planes, one from Southwest and one from JetBlue, nearly ended up crossing the same runway while that JetBlue flight was taking off.

A U.S. government investigation into unexpected automatic braking involving nearly 3 million Hondas is a step closer to a recall. Here’s what you should know.

Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay $600 million in a class-action lawsuit settlement related to a fiery train derailment in February 2023 in eastern Ohio.

As the Illinois Tollway Authority works to phase out transponders and implement I-PASS stickers, drivers across the state are wondering how the stickers work, where they work and more.

A new insurance industry report is grading the major carmakers’ assisted driving systems.

A look back at Chicago’s biggest transportation headlines and headaches of 2023.

Tesla drivers had 24 accidents per 1,000 drivers during the period from mid-November 2022 to mid-November 2023, according to a study by Lending Tree.

The National Transportation Safety Board released preliminary findings Tuesday, detailing the moments that led to a harrowing crash involving a Chicago Transit Authority Yellow Line train last month, which left dozens of people injured.