Chicago officials have 90 days to comply with a Federal Transit Authority order to increase safety measures to its plan ...

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, ...

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Just past midnight days before Christmas, Chicago police boarded a Pink Line train at Washington and Wells streets and found ...

The Chicago Transit Authority has boosted police presence on the public transport system after President Donald Trump's administration renewed funding-cut threats over security.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Those who need to get around Chicago when the Democratic National Convention comes to town will need to prepare for some changes to public transit. Commuters are worried about it, ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- People who take 'L' trains or ride buses in Chicago have seen buttons on board that they can press to call for help in dangerous situations. But what if that button was available on ...

The Chicago area's Regional Transporation Authority is calling for $1.5 billion in funding from state and local sources, including higher local sales taxes and rider fares. With Chicago-area transit ...

Some of the largest transit agencies in the country — Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Cleveland — have begun introducing “transit ambassadors” into its systems with the hopes of reducing crime and ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Adella Bass dropped her in-person college classes because it was just too hard to get there from the far South Side of Chicago, where the city's famous elevated train doesn't run. And ...

The doors are closing on the opportunity for the Illinois Legislature to find hundreds of millions in funding for the Chicago area’s mass transit system before it goes off the rails. The table is set ...