Chicagoans should expect to pay more for city trains and buses next year as the CTA looks to raise fares in the face of a looming fiscal crisis. If the fare hikes of 25 cents per ride are approved by ...

The budget gap looming over the CTA, Metra and Pace next year is about $200 million — much smaller than previously estimated, regional transportation officials said Friday. Significant service cuts ...

Editor’s note: The video in the player above is from a previous report. The Chicago Transit Authority unveiled a planned fare increase for 2026 on Monday, just days after Metra proposed a hike of its ...

CTA trains on the Brown, Green, Pink and Orange lines will not run at all in the Loop this weekend as the agency conducts maintenance. Here's what you need to know.

Regional transit agencies have seen their budget gap decrease from $771 million to $202 million. But if that budget hole is ...

Chicago's Ventra system is set to undergo a system upgrade overnight Friday into Saturday morning, which will take all their readers offline.

The CTA and Metra have been awarded federal counterterrorism grants that could require them to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement, although it’s unclear if the agencies plan to take the ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- The CTA is detailing fare increases as part of its proposed 2026 budget. The CTA released three budget scenarios on Monday, depending on funding the agency receives. They all include ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A man died after exiting a CTA Red Line train while it was in motion on the South Side Tuesday morning, Chicago police said. CTA trains were not operating between Garfield and ...