On the Daily Gist, reporter John Pletz sketched out the big ideas reformers are pushing, from modest governance changes to ...

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.

The Chicago Transit Authority has two weeks to submit a new safety plan to the Federal Transit Administration, or risk losing ...

As the CTA experiences a record high in violent attacks, Trump is threatening to cut $50 million in federal grant funding for ...

This week's "Kaufmann Quiz" is the 71st since starting in 2024. Time flies when you are having fun, which is what happens when you take a city bus. Amirite, y'all? Play more quizzes: Dance clubs ...

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 ...

A new state transit law redirects revenue from the state’s motor fuel tax and interest from the Road Fund — funding ...

In Dallas City, a small town in western Illinois along the Mississippi River, Mayor Kevin Six says residents have grown ...

Assistant Opinion Editor George Koutrouvelis tells the history of the Yellow Line "L" train and reflects on his experience ...

When more than eight in 10 of your core customers say you’ve made things worse, that’s not a minor hiccup. That’s a collapse in confidence. And it’s exactly where Winnipeg Transit finds itself after ...

Chicago is debating density in neighborhoods that function differently. In these neighborhoods, mobility is a layered system of buses, elevated trains, commuter rail, pedestrians, bicycles and cars ...

With new ownership and a new editor- in-chief, the Chicago Reader is rolling out its second issue as a monthly print publication on March 4, 2026.