Metra is out of service on Monday, while the CTA and Pace are imposing multiple service cutbacks after a weekend of mass looting and violent clashes with police downtown and in other areas. The transit shutdowns, along with closures of highway ramps and portions of Lake Shore Drive, made it tough for some essential workers to get to work. While CTA trains and buses resumed running as of 6 a.m., service was limited in a wide area, not just downtown, according to its website. On the CTA "L"...

Divvy bikes haven’t been available since Sunday afternoon because of mass looting and clashes with police downtown and in other areas. On Tuesday, a local advocacy group for biking and transit launched a petition to bring back Divvy, as well as full CTA service. But Mayor Lori Lightfoot said both the CTA and Divvy bikes have been used to commit crimes, and she could not turn a “blind eye” to the issue. The Active Transportation Alliance said in a blog entry that while it appreciated the...

The CTA plans service interruptions starting tonight through early August to prepare for track and station work on its massive Red/Purple Line reconstruction project. As part of the $2.1 billion project, the largest in the agency’s history, the CTA will replace four stations between Lawrence and Bryn Mawr, as well as build new tracks. That work will start in 2021 and continue through 2024. To rebuild tracks while continuing to run regular service, the agency needs to take two tracks out of...

Riders slowly are trickling back onto the Chicago area’s public transit systems, and so far at least, they’re pleased with what they’re finding. Passengers on sparsely populated CTA and Metra trains say they find the interiors mostly clean and the riders mostly masked. It’s usually possible to keep at least 6 feet from other passengers, although buses tend to be more crowded, passengers and agency officials report. A Tribune reporter riding CTA Blue Line and Metra Union Pacific Northwest...

Chicago’s river bridges, which have been raised several times in the past two weeks to limit downtown access during civil unrest, will be raised again Wednesday morning for a more ordinary reason — sailboats going to the lake. The Chicago Department of Transportation said it will raise river bridges for 10 sailboats Wednesday morning starting at about 9:30 a.m., from South Ashland Avenue to Lake Shore Drive. Bridge lifts also can be expected each Saturday, starting at 8 a.m., and Wednesday,...