Portage is weighing helmet, lighting and signaling requirements for e-bikes as Indiana cities rewrite rules for faster electric rides.

A billing glitch sent old unpaid-toll warnings to about 100,000 Illinois Tollway customers. Some notices involve trips from nearly a year ago.

Chicago is weighing taller, smarter fare gates modeled on systems in New York and the Bay Area. A pilot could arrive early next year.

Hundreds of riders were filmed weaving through traffic and popping wheelies on the Dan Ryan after police cleared a Posen gas station gathering.

A business jet left the paved surface at Chicago Executive Airport after landing Tuesday, forcing a temporary shutdown as officials began an investigation.

A systemwide American Airlines outage briefly grounded flights nationwide, knocked out its app and jammed customer-service lines. Chicago travelers were caught in the ripple effects.

Flightradar24 logged a single‑day tracking record of 153,359 commercial flights on July 23, driven by peak summer schedules and wider ADS‑B coverage. The total reflects the platform’s visibility, not a passenger census.

A pedestrian was struck and killed near a Palatine railroad crossing, forcing Metra to warn UP‑NW riders of extensive delays and local street closures.

A break at Worth’s water tower supply line prompted a villagewide boil order Saturday; crews repaired the line but officials still advise boiling drinking water.

Senators introduced a bipartisan bill to reauthorize ASAP, the federal program that pays for elevators, ramps and other accessibility upgrades at rail stations. Chicago projects and riders stand to gain if Congress acts.

A Metra UP-NW train struck a car near Devon Avenue and Northwest Highway on Chicago’s Northwest Side, halting inbound and outbound service and triggering major delays.

An Elgin family has sued Metra after a contractor was killed at Naperville’s downtown station, alleging inadequate warnings and worker protections and seeking damages.

Metra halted North Central Service Monday after a train struck a pedestrian near Wheeling. Inbound and outbound trains were stopped while crews responded.