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

CTA buses on some routes will soon be set to run at least every 10 minutes during the day, as the agency rolls out a plan to create a network of more frequent buses. By the end of the year, 20 key ...

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 ...

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 ...

Two buses — one belonging to the Chicago Transit Authority and the other to suburban Pace — collided on the city's South Side Thursday evening. The crash happened within the past half hour at 79th ...

More than half of Chicago’s bus routes could be eliminated, at least parts of four “L” lines could shut down and Metra weekday service would be slashed to once an hour under a transit doomsday ...

A major crisis is brewing for Chicago's public transit system, officials warned on Friday. The Regional Transportation Authority, which oversees the budgets for CTA, Metra, and Pace, is facing a $770 ...

CTA, Metra and Pace said Monday they would soon be planning cuts in their 2026 budgets, after state legislators missed their first big deadline to fund public transit with the close of the spring ...

After success establishing express buses that defy traffic by switching to shoulder lanes on Interstate 55 and the Jane Addams Tollway, Pace is considering a three-peat along a route that would ...

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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 ...