Chicago transit riders can expect to pay higher fares in the coming months as both the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) and Metra move forward with fare increases due to ongoing financial strain.

The heart of the transit funding package is a decision to use all state motor fuel sales taxes to fund mass transit instead of sending that cash to the Road Fund.

With the clock ticking down to avert an impending public transit fiscal cliff, Illinois Democrats in the pre-dawn hours ...

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Metra earlier this month unveiled a $1.1 billion budget for 2026 that it said includes “an RTA-mandated fare increase and ...

An elderly woman will not be charged after police say she inadvertently drove into a railroad gate and her SUV was hit by a ...

BRAND NEW TIMING. AND WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING TRAFFIC NEWS A CRASH AT I-85 AT MILE MARKER 48 IN GREENVILLE COUNTY IS BLOCKING TRAFFIC. SCDOT SAYS A CRASH HAS TWO NORTHBOUND LANES CLOSED RIGHT NOW. TAKE ...

State lawmakers got to work on a $1.5 billion bill to bail out the Chicago region's transit systems. The CTA, Metra, and Pace are facing significant fiscal cliffs as federal pandemic relief funds dry ...

Two cats from Furkids Animal Rescue are still missing after a multivehicle crash on Interstate 85 Monday afternoon. Furkids, Georgia's largest no-kill animal shelter, said its van was also totaled in ...

A man has been charged with multiple counts of vehicular homicide after authorities said he drove his semitruck too close behind a van, triggering a fiery, multi-vehicle crash on a Georgia highway ...

Trains have been delayed on every Metra commuter line in the Chicago area during the Tuesday evening rush, due to a positive train control system outage. Metra officials said, beginning around 5 p.m., ...

Kane Aaron Hammock, 33, was arrested and charged with multiple counts of vehicular homicide in the I-85 crash that killed eight people. Initially, seven victims were pronounced dead, with an eighth ...