Local transit agencies are facing a budget gap of nearly $800 million. The Illinois Senate has passed a bill to provide ...

Inside Chicago’s Loop Transit Chaos Why The City Struggles To Fix Its Worst Traffic ... This isn’t just history—it's the urgent story shaping the city’s future. ... See map of impacted states.

The “unavoidable” catastrophe is the direct result of a political system that treats transit as a commodity rather than a ...

Chicago-area transit riders share their hopes and concerns for future of CTA, Metra and Pace FILE - A man stands in a heating shelter at the Chicago Transit Authority’s Merchandise Mart “L ...

Further, state law requires the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and the Pace suburban bus service to cover 50% of the transit system’s operating expenses from fares and ancillary revenues — a ...

HARVEY, Ill. (AP) — Winfred Wilson was struggling to make ends meet on less than $700 a month, so he moved in with his daughter, gave up his car and started relying exclusively on public transit ...

With drastic service cuts looming to CTA, Metra and Pace, Illinois lawmakers said they are on track to get a funding deal done before the RTA hits their fiscal cliff.

The Chicago area is facing the prospect of bleak service cuts to public transit if Illinois legislators adjourn this weekend without plugging a $770 million hole in the transportation budget.

The big city's commuters would be hit hard, with the Chicago Transit Authority poised to shut down four of eight elevated train lines and 74 of 127 bus routes under the worst-case scenario.

HARVEY, Ill. (AP) — Winfred Wilson was struggling to make ends meet on less than $700 a month, so he moved in with his daughter, gave up his car and started relying exclusively on public transit ...

HARVEY, Ill. (AP) — Winfred Wilson was struggling to make ends meet on less than $700 a month, so he moved in with his daughter, gave up his car and started relying exclusively on public transit ...