Blue Line commuters, be ready for anything today. CTA Alerts reported delays on the line this morning due to fire department activity at the Belmont station. NBC Chicago traffic reporter Matt Rodewald reported "smoke in the subway." Power was shut off on the line between Montrose and California. the line seems to be back to normal now. Well, as normal as the Blue Line can get. more ›

A woman allegedly speeding down Taylor Street on the Far West side early this morning hit a concrete barrier head on, flipped her vehicle and landed upside down on the Blue Line tracks that run parallel with the Eisenhower Expressway. When police and rescue officials found the woman, she was sitting on the tracks, which shorted out when her truck landed on them. Otherwise, we may be talking about a fatality here. more ›

Yesterday, CTA launched the beta test of its Train Tracker site, which was first reported last month. Unlike their Bus Tracker feature which uses GPS technology to determine the wait for a bus at a specific stop, Train Tracker uses information gleaned by CTA's QuickTrak system to calculate the wait for a train at a specific station. more ›

Northbound service on the CTA's Evanston Purple line was halted briefly this morning when a small track fire broke out near the Main Street station. the fire broke out at 7:15 a.m. and was put out by Evanston firefighters by 7:40. CTA had shuttle buses running north from the Howard station in Chicago to the end of the Purple Line at Linden. more ›

Remember last month when the Chicago transit Authority, beaming at the results of the North/Clybourn station renovation, said that they would open up naming rights to anything they owned to the highest bidder? more ›

CTA is having problems with the Red and Blue Lines today. The Blue Line is reported to be operating on one track between Cumberland and Harlem, and from Belmont to California, due to problems with the third rail. CTA is running shuttle buses between the Jefferson Park and Rosemont stations to alleviate the situation. more ›

McDonald's will be giving away 5,000 free pre-paid transit cards and 5,000 coupons for a free Angus Third Pounder burger during morning rush tomorrow. The promotion is part of its “Try Free, Ride Free” campaign, mainly to promote the Angus Third Pounders — if you remove the "g" from "Angus" and the "h" from "Third" you'll have an idea of what we think of the burgers — but a free ride to work is alright, as well. 'Course, if you eat enough of these burgers, you won't be able to fit into your seat on the train and have shortness of breath running to catch your bus, but the latter is exercise. So that's good. more ›