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About 1.8 million people in Illinois will be traveling this Memorial Day weekend. That's up slightly from last year, though, the big increase is in air travel.

On Wednesday, officials in Gary, Indiana break ground on a $153 million expansion of its airport. Extending one runway by nearly 2,000 feet will allow larger planes to land at the airport.

Work begins Wednesday on a  $153 million expansion at the Gary Chicago International Airport.Officials hope this project, once completed, will be the one that finally kick starts success at the airport.

In 2010, Chicago got its first bike share program. Bike sharing is not new. Cities from Montreal to Barcelona and Portland have programs. But will it take off locally?

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Monday that it's giving Amtrak $404 million to expand high-speed rail service in the Midwest. The dollars will go toward making upgrades along the Chicago-St.

A retired police officer and a retired Secret Service agent helped wrestle a man to the cabin floor after he began pounding on the cockpit as an American Airlines flight approached San Francisco, the third security incident in a day on U.S.

As we hit the early part of May, our collective attention turns from potholes and snow removal to summer construction on expressways and busy Chicago thoroughfares. Our WBEZ Traffic Reporter Sarah Jindra has put together her annual PDF giving you the lowdown on each significant project in the area.