CHICAGO – Cities and states across the country are reckoning with a major funding crisis for mass transit, and Chicago has become the latest city to fall off its “fiscal cliff,” failing to guarantee ...

A Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line train waits at the Forest Park, Illinois station for the eastern journey to downtown Chicago on Tuesday, September 3, 2024. [AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast] The ...

Chicago’s schools, its train and bus system and its public housing agency have all been without permanent leaders for at least a year now under Mayor Brandon Johnson, complicating their mission to ...

Chicago has robust public transit, and CTA has a long-running campaign to encourage courtesy and that riders are on their best behavior when riding the bus.

Lawmakers scrambled this weekend to undertake a significant overhaul of public transit in the Chicago area, but ultimately were unable to pass legislation to address a looming fiscal cliff. That ...

Defiant commuters packed a town hall meeting at Malcolm X College on September 25 to oppose planned cuts by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA). CTA officials presented residents with a grim set of ...

Everyone deserves quality public education and transit, whether residing in the Gold Coast or Roseland, Little Village or Peoria. But there’s no magic that can make education and mass transit work.

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Chicago-area public transportation agencies won’t need to raise fares, cut routes or lay off workers next year after state lawmakers approved a bill overhauling public transit, the head of the ...

People rallied in downtown Chicago on Saturday to advocate for public transit funding throughout Illinois as the state faces a multi-million dollar fiscal cliff. The city's sprawling network of trains ...

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Commuters looking to drive less or live totally car-free may appreciate these cities' thriving and affordable bus, rail, and ...