Local transit agencies are facing a budget gap of nearly $800 million. The Illinois Senate has passed a bill to provide ...

A significant overhaul of public transit in the Chicago area to address a looming fiscal cliff stalled in the House over the weekend.

The fight to save Chicago’s transit system is a fight for the city’s public infrastructure. Without it, the region’s economy will wither, inequality will deepen, ...

A representative from the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning presented the organization’s Plan of Action for Regional Transit, aiming to address the transit system’s impending 2026 ...

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 ...

State lawmakers remain focused on reforming Chicago mass transit as they discuss two bills to either merge the agencies or empower the Regional Transit Authority. But legislators have all but ...

The “doomsday scenario” for the future of Chicago’s transit system is coming into sharp focus: a $770 million budget deficit threatens thousands of jobs, sweeping service cuts and a crater ...

How the CTA Map Got Its Colors. Navigating Chicago used to be a lot less colorful – not in terms of the characters you might meet on the train or the art you can spot at many CTA stations, but with ...

Chicago’s transit system, by comparison, only experienced about 200 delays each month with a wait time of 10 minutes or more in September, November and December.

Become a paid member to listen to this article. How do you best represent the complex New York City subway system on an easy-to-read map? That's a challenge John Tauranac has been working on since ...

The funding agreement ensures the $1.97 billion grant cannot be clawed back by a new presidential administration, Chicago Transit Authority President Dorval Carter said.

Zac Lowing has been recording Chicago’s underground concert hall for years, posting videos on YouTube as the “Underbelly Orchestra” and featuring over 100 different performers in … ...