A yearly tradition will make its return this week as Chicago-area residents can get free transit rides on New Year’s Eve. All three major transit agencies in the city and suburbs will offer free rides ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago Transit Authority and Metra approved their budgets this week, which did not include any fare increases. Commuters who use the CTA will not be paying more next year. The ...

The Regional Transportation Authority on Tuesday said it is no longer requiring the CTA, Metra and Pace to implement 10% fare increases next year, following the passage last week of a historic transit ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Changes could be coming to the public transit system around the Chicagoland area as the CTA, Metra and Pace face a combined $771 million budget shortfall in 2026. They are warning of ...

For months, Illinois transit leaders warned of a doomsday scenario that would hobble the region’s mass transit systems. Dozens of bus lines were on the chopping block, they warned, along with whole ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation pumping $1.5 billion per year into Chicago-area transit agencies and instituting a new oversight system, ending years of debate over how to govern and finance the ...

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