The federal government awarded the CTA $121.1 million to buy hybrid buses last week — while keeping nearly $2 billion in federal funding for the agency’s planned Red Line Extension frozen. The CTA’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The budget gap looming over the CTA, Metra and Pace next year is about $200 million — much smaller than previously estimated, ...

Landmark legislation intended to prevent service cuts on the CTA, Metra and Pace goes into effect today. The transit law is expected to raise about $1.5 billion for public transit annually.

CHICAGO — For months, Illinois transit leaders warned of a doomsday scenario that would hobble the region's mass transit systems. Dozens of bus lines were on the chopping block, they warned, along ...

A shortfall facing Metra, Pace and the CTA when COVID-19 funding runs out in 2026 has shrunk from an estimated $771 million to $202 million, the Regional Transportation Authority said Friday. But the ...

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The financial outlook is so unpredictable for the Chicago Transit Authority, leaders released three proposed budgets Monday with good, bad and so-so scenarios for 2026. One thing CTA riders should ...

Pace will begin offering express bus service between the Brookfield Zoo and several CTA lines, the transit agency announced Wednesday. Pace will begin running routes 770 and 771 on May 26, which will ...

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