CHICAGO (CBS) --Cook County is now telling a transit company to change its rules after CBS 2 exposed tens of thousands of dollars in pay withheld from its drivers. The company, First Transit, ...

Their annual "First Day, Free Rides" program will return on Monday, Aug. 18, offering bus and train rides for all ...

The Chicago Transit Authority has upgraded its space in the First Police District to track crime and allow officers to relay ...

David Zoltan, seen at home in Chicago on Aug. 11, 2023, is an accessibility advocate who helped pass legislation to auto-renew ride-free and reduced fare transit passes.

Chicago has long been considered a significant rail hub in the U.S., including freight and passenger service. As an early adopter of transit investment, Chicago’s first raised “L” line (L is short for ...

Public transit in Chicago will fall off a fiscal cliff without a plan for 2025 Federal pandemic relief funds will run out in 2025. Regional authorities, the state of Illinois and federal agencies ...

The Chicago Transit Authority’s roots go back to the late 1800s, when the first privately owned coal-fueled rail cars began carrying passengers. Today, the CTA maintains 224 miles of track and ...

The idea was to test how Chicago’s regional transit agencies (CTA, PACE, ... “Our train and bus tracker were among the first tools of its time among any U.S. transit agency,” Brian Steele, ...