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The Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act​ goes into effect Monday, bringing some changes to public transportation across Chicago and the suburbs.

When the General Assembly met in late October for its veto session, one of the most critical matters on its agenda was passing legislation to pull the Chicago region’s mass transit system back from ...

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 ...

What is a rider’s responsibility to a transit agency? Pay your fare and show courtesy to fellow travelers and hard-working staffers. That’s all. Riders are customers, after all. But if you listen to ...

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 ...

The Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) that services the Chicago metropolitan area, including northwest Indiana and southeast Wisconsin, recently issued a dire warning. The RTA is grappling with ...

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 ...

The doors are closing on the opportunity for the Illinois Legislature to find hundreds of millions in funding for the Chicago area’s mass transit system before it goes off the rails. The table is set ...

Sheriff Tom Dart is personally leading a transit task force, required by the newly enacted sweeping transit law, that will decide early next year whether to recommend creating a unified police force ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- People who take 'L' trains or ride buses in Chicago have seen buttons on board that they can press to call for help in dangerous situations. But what if that button was available on ...