The CTA relies on its “protectors of the railroad” — hundreds of workers ready to repair any rail cracks caused by subzero ...

Don’t kill the messenger is a concept that dates as far back as Shakespeare and Sophocles. But what happens when good ...

Chicago-area transit leaders are unveiling a plan they say would both avoid a sharp post-COVID reduction in service and help commuters by slashing the average wait for buses and trains in half.

Amid a $770 million budget gap facing Metra, Pace and the CTA, and a proposal to merge the three into a supersized agency, ...

CTA President Dorval Carter's retirement comes as the agency has reeled in substantial federal funding and after numerous Block Club Chicago investigations put a spotlight on how the system's leaders ...

Springfield route: Gov JB Pritzker, who appoints three of the CTA’s seven board members, likewise demanded a leadership ...

Chicago Transit Authority President Dorval Carter plans to resign on Jan. 31. He plans to take a job as the president and CEO ...

Chicago traffic rivals New York City for worst in the nation. A report from Inrix consultants released on Jan. 5 shows Chicago commuters spend a whopping 102 hours a year in traffic. For comparison’s ...

Overall, about 1.3 out of every 100,000 rides across the system ended with a crime being committed, with battery being the ...

With the number of crimes being committed at Chicago Transit Authority stations now sharply on the rise, Violence ...

Drivers here already pay congestion-style taxes for ride-sharing in certain parts of the city, a policy established during ...

It turns out more of the electricity that powers the trains is generated by fossil fuels that warm the climate than by renewable sources like wind or solar power.