Last week, faculty, staff, student researchers, and former colleagues gathered to bid farewell to Dr. Paul Metaxatos, Research Associate Professor and Associate Director for Research Programs, at the UTC to celebrate his retirement.…
At the conclusion of the legislative session May 31, the Illinois General Assembly failed to provide a funding package to offset the projected $771 million shortfall projected by Chicago’s public transit service bureaus…
A UTC graduate research assistant with a “fascination” for all forms of urban transportation was awarded the 2025 Joe DiJohn Memorial Scholarship Award. Our sincere congratulations to Eamon Lauster, who has participated in…
Chicago’s elevated rapid transit network encompasses the downtown area best known as the Loop. In a recent video production from Tech Transit Associates, UTC Director Dr. P.S. Sriraj shares insight and commentary throughout…
The progress to improve rapid transit service on the western segment of the Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line and breaking news related to a serious November 2023 accident on the Yellow Line prompted…
A report from analytics firm Inrix ranked Chicago second in terms of traffic congestion on highways and arterial streets; traffic in New York City ranked first. A June 25 article from Chicago Tribune included…
On May 30, a new federally-funded research center that will work to advance research solutions to “enhance the safety, efficiency, reliability, and sustainability of both passenger and freight rail transportation” was officially launched…
Scholarly research on three different — but increasingly important — transportation topics were presented by researchers from the Urban Transportation Center during the 65th Annual Transportation Research Forum held April 4 and 5…
The future of paratransit in metropolitan Chicago was addressed in a February 28, 2024, article published by Streetsblog Chicago, the online daily news site that covers a wide range of public transit and…
On the morning of November 16, a Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Yellow Line train struck a snow removal device that was planned to be used for a training exercise. In the weeks since…
