In Chicago, Illinois, a transit expansion for the Red Line is underway that will connect the Far South Side to downtown while ...

In December, federal officials tasked the CTA to develop an enhanced security plan or risk losing federal funding.

Chicago Transit Authority officials presented a revised safety plan Tuesday to the Federal Transit Administration, which had been threatening to a cut a $50 million grant if the CTA did not revise its ...

After resident complaints and threatened funding cuts by the Trump administration, the Chicago Transit Authority has submitted a revised security plan to the Federal Transit ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SPRINGFIELD — With the clock ticking down to avert an impending public transit fiscal cliff, Illinois Democrats in the pre-dawn ...

A woman is in critical condition after she was set on fire riding a Chicago Transit Authority train, police said. Police said a person of interest was taken into custody in connection with the ...

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.

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 ...

While Chicago focused on the part of the Illinois transit bill that bailed out the CTA, Metra and Pace, there was intense interest in a much small provision that could have a big impact for Western ...

(The Center Square) – With federal authorities now threatening to cut Chicago Transit Authority funding due to rising violence across the system, Illinois state Rep. La Shawn Ford worries actions ...

CHICAGO (NewsNation) — Violent crimes on Chicago’s public transit system have increased in recent weeks, leaving local officials searching for solutions amid threats by the federal government to ...