The Illinois General Assembly passed a compromise bill to fund public transportation, including CTA, Metra and Pace, with the ...

Lawmakers agreed on a tax package to stave off a $200 million-plus fiscal cliff next year that would likely result in major ...

Illinois lawmakers approved a $1.5 billion funding plan to support public transit agencies without imposing the statewide ...

Article Summary A new transit funding bill passed Thursday night raises $1.5 billion for public transportation agencies, mostly in the ...

Chicago-area commuter rail service Metra announced fare hikes when it released its 2026 budget Friday, part of a policy by the Regional Transportation Authority requiring the Chicago Transit Authority ...

Chicago's Ventra system is set to undergo a system upgrade overnight Friday into Saturday morning, which will take all their readers offline. The outage is planned from 11 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17 until ...

State lawmakers got to work on a $1.5 billion bill to bail out the Chicago region's transit systems. The CTA, Metra, and Pace are facing significant fiscal cliffs as federal pandemic relief funds dry ...

Illinois lawmakers are trying to push through a big bill to save the region’s mass transit systems. Walmart deploys millions of new sensors in retail's first large-scale deployment of IoT tech 'The ...

There’s something about train travel that already feels a little nostalgic—windows fogging up, rhythmic clatter, a faint whistle in the distance. But come December, that familiar sound transforms into ...

The financial outlook is so unpredictable for the Chicago Transit Authority, leaders released three proposed budgets Monday with good, bad and so-so scenarios for 2026. One thing CTA riders should ...

A car crashed into a Metra train Monday at the same intersection as the deadly 1995 bus and train crash in Fox River Grove that occurred 30 years ago this month. The Fox River Grove Fire Protection ...

The doors are closing on the opportunity for the Illinois Legislature to find hundreds of millions in funding for the Chicago area’s mass transit system before it goes off the rails. The table is set ...