Americans have an obsession with vehicles that can tow and haul things. Large pickup trucks get all of the attention for ...

Proposed cuts would result in 500,000 riders losing access to nearby bus routes and entire neighborhoods severed from rail ...

For years, poor governance has doomed the Chicago region to an inefficient transit system that fails to adequately serve its ...

Without urgent state funding, Chicago’s transit system faces deep cuts—putting the future of the Loop and the city’s economy ...

But if you listen to our panicked transit agencies, that list of rider requirements now includes frantically lobbying ...

The financial crisis engulfing Chicago’s transit system is not an isolated disaster; it is part of a broader wave of austerity sweeping across Illinois and the country. While the RTA warns of ...

Chicago’s mayor-run system carries some 85 percent of the area’s transit trips—but would lose control under a regional reorganization to suburban and state appointees, disenfranchising the ...

If lawmakers don’t reach a deal to reform the northeastern Illinois transit system and introduce new funding before their May ...

According to DeWitte, Illinois needs a $1.5 billion revenue stream to create the type of mass transit system people want. When asked about Johnson’s push for more funding in Chicago, DeWitte ...

State lawmakers say they’ve reached an agreement on several aspects of a major transit funding bill that would help the CTA, Pace and Metra avoid a collective $770 million fiscal cliff.