A warning has been issued to anyone who takes public transportation in Chicago — with drastic service cuts looming, Illinois legislators only have until the end of the month to decide what to do and ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Without state help, Chicagoland’s mass transit systems would be forced to implement deep cuts to service that would deal a “devastating” blow to the regional economy, transit officials ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Every day, the transit fiscal cliff gets closer, but, on Thursday, the Regional Transportation Authority Board took steps to delay its arrival by shifting $74 million to the CTA from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For months, Illinois transit leaders warned of a doomsday scenario that would hobble the region’s mass transit systems. Dozens of ...

Leaders from Illinois’ Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) on Aug. 21 shifted millions of dollars from Metra and Pace “to help forestall 40% Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) service reductions” as ...

CTA, Metra, and Pace officials are preparing "doomsday budgets" after Illinois state lawmakers didn't address the Chicago area mass transit system's massive budget shortfall during the spring ...

The fate of Chicagoland public transit hangs in the balance this week as legislators rethink how Metra, Pace and the CTA will be governed and funded. “Our goal is to have the governance reform and ...

A Pace program providing rideshare services for Chicagoans and suburbanites with disabilities is so popular the paratransit budget is in the red. With about 2 million more rides in 2025 than expected, ...

The Jan. 2 editorial about Chicago-region transit and workers’ return to the Loop (“More workers are coming downtown in the new year. It’s showtime for our transit systems”) rightly highlights the ...

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Some lawmakers want to consolidate the Chicago area’s four public transit agencies this year in exchange for more state money to steer the agencies away from an impending fiscal cliff. In 2026, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHICAGO — For months, Illinois transit leaders warned of a doomsday scenario that would hobble the region’s mass transit systems.