Jon Hilkevitch

Travelers prepare to board O'Hare International Airport shuttle buses on May 20, 2019. The buses are running in place of the "people mover," which has been out of commission all year.

Commentary: Send! More! Buses! Miserly shuttle schedule isn’t enough to fill in for ‘people mover’ at O’Hare.

October 24, 2019 at 9:36 p.m.

The O'Hare "people mover," also known as the train from the economy parking lots, has been out of commission all year as it's renovated and extended in a $310 million...

Passengers wait at a United Airlines gate to board a flight at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago in 2013.

Chicago, take back those O’Hare gates

May 31, 2019 at 9:22 p.m.

I am what might be called a thrifty air traveler. Such a cheapskate, actually, that when I am not paying for flights using airline mileage points, I regularly book a...

Trainer Mike McCoy shows reporter Jon Hilkevitch how to direct incoming aircraft to O'Hare International Airport in a training facility in Elgin on June 30, 2011.

My next trip begins now

May 23, 2019 at 8:58 a.m.

On the ride of a lifetime, this is my stop. For 18 years, I have had the daunting responsibility and privilege to write about the way people commute in the...

Metra and CTA riders will see the pretax benefit for transit commuters increase to $255 a month next year under legislation passed by Congress on Dec. 18, 2015, and sent to the White House.

Commuters catching buses and trains may also snare bigger tax break

May 23, 2019 at 2:06 a.m.

The pretax benefit for commuters who ride trains and buses will increase to $255 a month next year and be permanently on par with the tax break for people who...

A Norridge resident watches an O'Hare-bound jet fly over his house in September 2014.

Neighbors skeptical of plan to spread out jet noise from O’Hare

June 16, 2018 at 2:44 p.m.

City officials offered more details Monday on a nighttime plan to spread out jet noise from O'Hare International Airport, but Chicago-area residents who attended the presentation reacted with deep skepticism....

Construction on the Loop Link bus rapid transit project, on Washington Street just west of LaSalle Street, in September 2015.

Loop Link express buses start next week in downtown Chicago

May 23, 2019 at 2:05 a.m.

A new CTA express bus service designed to speed up travel through downtown Chicago will begin next week, city officials said Monday. Called Loop Link, the service will operate on...

A commercial United Airlines flight is the first plane to land on the new 28L-10R runway at Chicago O'Hare International Airport on October 15, 2015.

Airlines padding O’Hare schedules despite new runways

May 23, 2019 at 8:58 a.m.

A New York-to-Chicago flight takes up to an hour longer than it did in the 1990s, according to a new study that concluded the airlines are padding their schedules more...

CTA ousts a top official over sexually explicit emails

June 16, 2018 at 3:18 p.m.

Internal CTA emails obtained by the Tribune reveal a workplace culture often blatantly demeaning to women, including a high-level official engaged in alleged sexual harassment of female employees and other...

An airplane takes off over the main parking lot at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago on May 28, 2015.

Reserved parking goes on sale at O’Hare, Midway airports

May 23, 2019 at 2:01 a.m.

For an additional $10 a day above the standard rates, reserved parking will be available starting Tuesday to travelers using the garages at Chicago's two airports, O'Hare and Midway, city...

A Friends with Transit Lyft billboard towers over the intersection of Milwaukee Avenue and Halsted Street, steps away from a CTA Blue Line station, on Nov. 19, 2015. Lyft's national marketing campaign focuses on promoting trips that involve both ride-sharing and mass transit.

Transit agencies moving over to make room for ride-share services

May 23, 2019 at 8:58 a.m.

A cease-fire is emerging between mass transit and an array of "sharing services'' in Chicago, a striking change from when public officials searching for solutions to traffic gridlock generally bowed...

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