Transit reform can support Illinois riders and taxpayers. These seven principles outline a path to affordability, ...

Illinois ranks last among peer states in state support for public transit, covering just 17% of costs while most states fund ...

UChicago municipal finance expert Justin Marlowe explains the $250 million budget shortfall threatening CTA, Metra and Pace ...

CHICAGO — Issues were reported Thursday at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport Thursday following an outage in the transit system. O’Hare posted on X around 8:30 a.m. that the ATS is “temporarily out of service.

The rail system is referred to as the "L" because most of its rail lines are elevated above the city streets. On any weekday, 1.6 million rides are taken on the CTA (buses and the "L"). There are ...

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The cars jumped off the track and started to climb the escalator. A Chicago Transit Authority train car rests on an escalator at the O'Hare Airport station after it derailed, March 24, 2014, in ...

Metra announced fare hikes in its 2026 budget, part of a broader regional policy requiring the Chicago Transit Authority, ...

The rail system is referred to as the “L” because most of its rail lines are elevated above the city streets. On any weekday, 953,787 rides are taken on CTA (buses and the “L”). There are 1,966 buses, ...