The Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pace are encouraging residents to celebrate responsibly and take advantage of the ...

A yearly tradition will make its return this week as Chicago-area residents can get free transit rides on New Year’s Eve.

Tollway drivers — mainly suburbanites in the six counties of Lake, Cook, DuPage, Kane, McHenry and Will — on the other hand, face 45-cent toll increases, which will increase the cost of driving ...

Philadelphia’s experience is a cautionary tale. One recent estimate suggests that home values near transit could fall by nearly $7 billion; that means a slashing of tax revenue that funds schools, ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation Tuesday that rescues Metra, Pace and the CTA from financial implosion, steers $1.5 billion to transit, and promises to deliver upgrades like universal fares.

Fares will be collected under a unified system managed by a new, stronger Northern Illinois Transportation Authority.

Bostonians catch MBTA buses and trains. Philadelphians commute on SEPTA transit. In Chicago and the suburbs, we’re blessed with Metra, Pace, the CTA and the Regional Transportation Authority — four ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- There was major opposition to a plan to merge Metra, Pace and the CTA into one agency the first public hearing on the matter Tuesday. Chicago area public transportation has had a ...

The CTA could eliminate half its bus lines, Metra could end service on its Electric Blue Island branch and Pace could cut all weekend bus service under a worst-case scenario the agencies say could ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A new smartphone payment system is coming for riders on the CTA, Pace and Metra. It will be run by Ventra and should be unveiled by February. Say you want to go to a Bears game and ...