Amid calls for consolidation from Springfield, Chicago's Regional Transportation Authority released a plan calling for $1.5 billion in operating funding from state and local sources and more RTA ...

CHICAGO — It was standing room only in a downtown Chicago committee hearing Tuesday as activists, transit experts and lobbyists hung on the words of the region’s transit agency chiefs. Public ...

Public transportation agencies are facing their own funding challenges as lawmakers explore new funding and reforms to Chicago area public transit agencies. Downstate agencies are asking lawmakers ...

The Plan of Action for Regional Transit asks lawmakers for $1.5 billion of new operating support for transit and at least $400 million annually of complementary capital investments.

Plan for Action for Regional Transit books on a table for guests during a news conference spotlighting proposed solutions to the northeastern Illinois’ transit funding crisis at the Old Post ...

People rallied in downtown Chicago on Saturday to advocate for public transit funding throughout Illinois as the state faces a multi-million dollar fiscal cliff. The city’s sprawling network of trains ...

Rally-goers in Chicago are urging Illinois lawmakers to fund public transit to prevent a $770 million shortfall and ...

Under an expected measure, Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pace would combine into a single system in hopes of resolving funding issues, as well as providing more reliable and safer services.

City Transit Fights Funding Shortfalls. Squeeze on Chicago Is Familiar Story. April 16, 2005. By Mike Colias. CHICAGO -- They are as ubiquitous here as skyscrapers and hot dog joints: ...

CTA aims to cut bus wait times to 10 minutes 00:17. Later this month, waiting for a Chicago Transit Authority bus may not take so long. The CTA announced Sunday that it is adding service to eight ...

CHICAGO — It was standing room only in a downtown Chicago committee hearing Tuesday as activists, transit experts and lobbyists hung on the words of the region’s transit agency chiefs.

Public transit has become an increasingly contentious issue in Chicagoland as the Regional Transportation Authority — the funding body which oversees Pace suburban bus routes, Metra regional ...