The trend is bad news for the Chicago Transit Authority and its interim leader Nora Leerhsen, who points to positive trends on the transit system as she tries to appease the federal government.

A new state transit law redirects revenue from the state’s motor fuel tax and interest from the Road Fund – funding historically used to fix roads – to public transportation. Republican and downstate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the General Assembly met in late October for its veto session, one of the most critical matters on its agenda was passing ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois' public transit systems got a $1.5 billion annual infusion on Friday as Gov. JB Pritzker signed a law overhauling Chicago's web of buses and trains, sparing it from ...

Commuter behavior shows how and where transit demand has shifted since the pandemic, a policy and management professor writes.

The second-largest transit system in the US is benefiting from municipal bond investors looking to put billions of dollars to work. The Chicago Transit Authority sold about $530 million in ...

The Chicago Transit Authority bolstered security on the public transport system Friday, a day after President Donald Trump’s administration repeated its threat to withhold $50 million in federal ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Transit Authority bolstered security on the public transport system Friday, a day after President Donald Trump’s administration repeated its threat to withhold $50 ...

The Chicago Police Department and Chicago Transit Authority are enacting a “security surge” following threats from the federal government to slash transit funding in the city. The “security surge” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHICAGO — Just past midnight days before Christmas, Chicago police boarded a Pink Line train at Washington and Wells streets and ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Transit Authority bolstered security on the public transport system Friday, a day after President Donald Trump's administration repeated its threat to withhold $50 ...

CHICAGO — Just past midnight days before Christmas, Chicago police boarded a Pink Line train at Washington and Wells streets and found two men shot. A knife fight had escalated to a shooting that left ...