Metra UP-NW train stopped near Palatine after hitting car; delays expected
Metra tweeted that UP-NW train #629 was scheduled is stopped near Palatine after striking the vehicle. More information about ...
Dozens of Metra, CTA train, bus lines could be cut due to $770M budget hole: Transit officials
The Regional Transit Authority warned that COVID fund running out could lead to at least four of eight CTA train lines could close, as many as 74 of CTA’s 127 bus routes would be eliminated, leading c ...
RTA outlines ‘doomsday’ transit cuts if budget gap isn’t filled, including slashing bus and train lines
More than half of Chicago’s bus routes could be eliminated, at least parts of four “L” lines could be shut down and Metra ...
CTA workers, members of ATU Local 308, canvassing stations to raise awareness of fiscal cliff
CTA workers say they've reached a dire situation and are fighting for their jobs, if what was outlined in a grim report ...
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Taxes on haircuts and miles instead of gas? Amid transit crisis, new funding ideas spring up
With a public transit doomsday looming, two very different ways of increasing state revenues have emerged as the Illinois ...
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Transit Workers Raise Awareness of Looming $770M Budget Gap for Chicago-Area Public Transit Systems
The CTA, Metra and Pace are facing an impending budget gap when federal COVID-19 relief funding runs out next year. Transit ...
What’s the worst intersection in Chicago and why? Here’s what you told us
A CTA operator weighs in, readers warn of the dangers of three-street, six-corner intersections, and one specific spot gets ...
Four candidates run for Aurora City Council 1st Ward seat
This and other local races — including for Aurora’s mayor, one of two alderman at-large seats and several other ward aldermen ...