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

The Chicago City Council will allow residential developments near public transit to build without imposing parking space ...

But dreams of seeing bus rapid transit in Chicago are still a long way off. The closest thing Chicago has seen to BRT is the Jeffery Jump and Loop Link projects, ...

Transit advocates are in support of $1.5 billion in new annual funding to allow for increased and expanded bus and train service across metro Chicago.

Cities such as Miami, Minneapolis, Houston and Phoenix, the RTA points out, have more than 100 miles of transit-only or transit-priority lanes. Chicago has less than 15 miles, excluding bus-on ...

Federal COVID-19 grant money is set to run out by 2026 for transit agencies in the Chicago area, including the CTA, Metra and Pace, leaving a $770 million budget hole.. A report from the Regional ...

The Chicago area is facing the prospect of bleak service cuts to public transit if Illinois legislators adjourn this weekend without plugging a $770 million hole in the transportation budget.

Chicago’s plight mirrors transit disasters nationwide. Philadelphia’s SEPTA proposes 45 percent service cuts and a 9:00 p.m. rail curfew. San Francisco and New York face similar shortfalls.

The big city's commuters would be hit hard, with the Chicago Transit Authority poised to shut down four of eight elevated train lines and 74 of 127 bus routes under the worst-case scenario.