Builders putting residences near a CTA train or bus line will soon no longer need special approval to completely forgo ...

Philadelphia is facing a massive transit deficit caused in large part, like Chicago’s, by the expiration of federal pandemic ...

Train riders have long complained that bad behavior, including tobacco and cannabis use, has gotten out of hand.

The Chicago Transit Authority failed to strike the class allegations, and defeated just a single claim in a lawsuit alleging ...

A 2024 law change in Illinois is turning out to have ramifications for the fiscal cliff facing Chicago-area transit agencies.

The group spent over $500,000 on an advertising campaign warning residents that state legislators could resurrect a plan this ...

Safer streets is a win, but it doesn’t necessarily satisfy the urge to get somewhere fast. Cycling and public transportation ...

The Chicago Transit Authority launched a ‘Goodbye, Grime’ campaign this month, but some riders say they are still waiting to see improvements. Photo illustration by Andjela Padejski.

Public transit in Chicago will fall off a fiscal cliff without a plan for 2025 Federal pandemic relief funds will run out in 2025. Regional authorities, the state of Illinois and federal agencies ...

The Chicago Transit Authority is proposing a no-harm 2023 budget today that includes no fare hikes or service cuts and continues to ramp up spending on capital projects. But that good news may not ...

The Chicago Transit Authority said total ridership in 2022 reached 243.5 million bus and train rides, up 24% from the 196 million total rides seen in 2021.

The deterioration has been especially pronounced on the Chicago Transit Authority’s el lines. As Crain’s Greg Hinz put it in a March 2021 column, CTA rapid transit operations “are a big ...