Lauren Pacheco is inspired by this Midwestern underdog of a city and is looking to enliven what she calls its “remarkable ...

Metra Executive Director Jim Derwinski's grim warning last week to the transit agency's board of directors was in many ways a ...

Crawford Area Transportation Authority’s Loop Route returns today — serving both Allegheny College and the general public. The Loop is a Thursday-only afternoon and evening route connecting multiple ...

SAN FRANCISCO — When he was still a boy making long, tedious trips between his school and his woodsy home in the mountains during the 1980s, JoeBen Bevirt began fantasizing about flying cars ...

CHICAGO — Chicago Transit Authority Board members met Wednesday to appoint a new interim leader after longtime president Dorval Carter announced his retirement. “This job can be very difficult ...

Transforming Transit is a $1.5 billion vision aimed at shaping the future of transit funding and governance ahead of the 2025 legislative session. The Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) of ...

Passengers board a CTA bus on the Loop Link system. Sun-Times file Share Some Chicago-area transit agencies signaled support for the Regional Transit Authority’s proposal to strengthen the RTA ...

Chicago transit officials are advocating for a $1.5 billion annual funding package to help keep one of the country’s largest transportation systems afloat as it stares down a steep financial ...

Some lawmakers want to consolidate the Chicago area’s four public transit agencies this year in exchange for more state money to steer the agencies away from an impending fiscal cliff.

Born of an amusement ride and opening to the public in 2026, this remarkably clever kiwi idea offers quick, cheap, on-demand urban transit – that's much more direct and private than public ...

Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Chicago-area transit leaders are making their big move in Springfield, unveiling a $1.5 billion plan they say would both avoid a sharp ...

The proposal comes as the Chicago region’s transit agencies are facing down an estimated $750 million fiscal cliff next year when COVID-19 relief money runs out — and amid conversations in Springfield ...