The Chicago Transit Authority submitted a new safety plan to the FTA in an effort to avoid losing $50 million in funding.

Police from the Cook County sheriff’s office will patrol the CTA as the mass transit agency tries to head off threats from the Trump administration that it must shape up on crime or risk losing ...

Police from the Cook County sheriff’s office will patrol the CTA as the mass transit agency tries to head off threats from the Trump administration that it must shape up on ...

Chicago Transit Authority officials presented a revised safety plan Tuesday to the Federal Transit Administration, which had been threatening to a cut a $50 million grant if the CTA did not revise its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Construction on a new rail system connecting Rockford and Chicago is scheduled to begin late spring, early ...

Transit crime grabbed headlines again in 1978 after the fatal stabbing of 22-year-old Rita L. Hopkinson at Oak Park’s Austin Avenue L station. Mayor Michael Bilandic responded by proposing to add 100 ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Tio Hardiman of Violence Interrupters walks through a 95th-bound CTA “L” train while talking with passengers on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. Talia Sprague/For the ...

The racial disparity has raised some eyebrows, including those of State Rep. Kam Buckner, a Democrat who sponsored the legislation that allowed the transit systems to start suspending riders.

A tiny train delivers burgers and fries at this quirky Illinois diner and once you see it in action, one visit never feels like enough.

Learn more about the Rapido Trains HO Greenbrier coil gondola in this product review from Model Railroader magazine.

Metra Southwest Service has resumed after a freight train derailed in Chicago Ridge early Wednesday morning. The derailment took place near Ridgeland Avenue and Central Avenue around 4:30 a.m, and ...

A CTA bus driver was brutally attacked on Monday while in uniform in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.