Chicago transit riders can expect to pay higher fares in the coming months as both the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) and Metra move forward with fare increases due to ongoing financial strain.

The RTA, which must approve each of the agencies' budgets this month, had insisted they each include the fare hike, even if ...

Here's where — and when — most smoking complaints are filed as the CTA grapples with snuffing out the problem of smoking on ...

A longtime practitioner of the dangerous practice in Chicago tends to agree, pointing to the deaths and injuries on the New ...

Travelers and commuters arrive at the Chicago Transit Authority's Rosemont station on March 24 ... The RTA proposed fare ...

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 with whole ...

A survivor of sex trafficking has sued anti-violence activist and Dolton trustee Andrew Holmes, alleging he sexually assaulted her at age 16.

The proposed demolition and replacement of a fire station on Des Plaines’ south side will see some firefighters make Rosemont their temporary base of operations. The Des Plaines City Council on Monday ...

Next time Chicagoans go through a CTA station, they may see a new vending machine carrying the life-saving naloxone. The Cook County Department of Public Health and CTA have teamed up to install free ...

A heads up for drivers about lane closures near the CTA State and Lake station. The Chicago Department of Transportation is beginning utility work ahead of construction on a new CTA station. Drivers ...

Shamus Toomey, Editor in Chief and co-founder of Block Club Chicago, joins Bob Sirott to share the latest Chicago neighborhood stories. Shamus has details on: State And Lake CTA Station Getting $440 ...

A bollix at the Rosemont Blue Line station unfolded early Tuesday when a man claimed a van parked nearby contained a bomb, halting trains and inciting an emergency response before police determined ...