Transportation
The city is the final stop of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe line of the Metra commuter rail system, allowing rail service into Chicago. In addition, Aurora manages the southern parking lot of the Metra station at Illinois Route 59. The northern lot is managed by neighboring Naperville. The city uses pace bus for public busing. Along with Metra trains and pace buses, Greyhound buses also stop at the Aurora transportation center. Aurora does not currently have a stop for Amtrak trains, as the old station where they did stop closed in the 1980s. The Aurora Municipal Airport is a general aviation airport located in Sugar Grove, IL just outside of Aurora, Illinois. Although the airport is located within Sugar Grove, it is operated by the City of Aurora. The Aurora Airport is designed as a reliever airport for Chicago's O'Hare and Midway Airports, and also handles a lot of international cargo. It is capable of landing boeing 757 aircraft.
 
Healthcare
Aurora currently has two hospitals, one on the west side, Mercy Center for Healthcare Services, and one in Fox Valley, Rush Copley Memorial Hospital. Aurora at one point had three hospitals, St. Joeseph Hospital, on the west side, St. Charles hospital, in uptown, and Copley Memorial Hospital, on the east side. St Joeseph and St, Charles hospitals have been converted into living centers, and the old Copley hospital, which was one of the largest hospitals in the area, sits vacant. The city of Aurora recently demolished the old smokestacks from the hospital, as they were starting to crumble and fall down. Dreyer Medical also has several clinics in the city. Edward Hospital in nearby Naperville also serves parts of the city of Aurora.