As Chicago's new transit agency overseeing CTA, Metra and Pace finalizes its 2027 budget, the Sun-Times wants to hear how you want the agency to spend its nearly $1.5 billion in extra cash.

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Former Illinois state Sen. Kirk Dillard, who also chaired of the Regional Transportation Authority for more than a decade, and his wife, Stephanie, sold their six-bedroom, 5,295-square-foot house in H...

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DANVILLE — A lot has changed in the past year with public transportation within Vermilion County.

While some of their peers are cutting to the bone and raising fares, transit agencies in the Chicago area face a rosy financial future for the first time in years. Armed with a significant cash flow,...

And Streetsblog Chicago is modifying our Fatality Tracker series to include fatal electric motorcycle ("e-moto") crashes.

Rising fuel costs are forcing northern Illinois school districts to adjust transportation budgets and look for ways to cut costs

The site also provides information about reduced or free fares available to eligible students, seniors, children, and veterans.

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Illinois transit is undergoing a big shakeup. The newly formed Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA) has officially replaced the RTA, bringing policy, operations, and funding for the CTA, Metra,...

Along with instructions on car lines and no running in the halls, families across Illinois will receive a different kind of message in their student handbooks next fall — how to be safe around train...

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SMART-TD's Bob Guy on rail crossing deaths every three hours, East Palestine and why federal rail safety legislation still hasn't passed.

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The Illinois Secretary of State is calling on the Belleville school district to stop using a transportation service involved in a Metro East crash that killed a studen

The man is described as white or Hispanic and around 35-40 years old, police said.

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(The Center Square) – Businesses up and down Illinois have seen impacts stemming from high fuel prices in recent weeks due to refinery issues and foreign entanglements impacting international trade.

Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) delivered remarks in Roxana, Illinois, on M...

Cornerstone Rebuild Illinois project strengthens regional mobility, improves connections to jobs and recreation, builds on transit successes

More than 12,000 public transit leaders, along with industry representatives, will surge into McCormick Place Sunday for a major convention and expo. The American Public Transportation Association TRA...

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Why is an Illinois tollway project delaying Pace buses? Can trucks hog the left lanes on highways? And when will the Route 53 construction dumpster fire subside? Readers have questions and this column...

We predict the neighborhood around the site of Amtrak’s proposed rail yard would see greater future negative cumulative health impacts.

(The Center Square) – Last year, Illinois schools spent $1.86 billion on transportation to get students to and from school each day. In the wake of increased fuel prices, especially

The day before Illinois gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey talked with voters at a dyno competition at Wehrli Custom Fabrication in DeKalb, he rode in a diesel-powered Uber in Chicago.

Former U.S. Transportation Secretary and Central Illinois Congressman Ray LaHood brought Peoria Passenger Rail back into the spotlight on Friday in an exclusive interview with 25News.

The sleek, slim train that participants in the American Public Transportation Association conference see next week no doubt will be as impressive looking as Metra Executive Director Jim Derwinski pred...

The Northern Illinois Transit Authority expanded its reduced fare program for households receiving SNAP benefits.

City leaders say Amtrak’s Saluki Route to and from Carbondale to Champaign will only operate on the weekends due to rail line work.

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For Immediate Release - September 30, 2026 Downstate transit agencies eligible for project grants Funding oppo...

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Just weeks after River Forest leaders formally opposed the project, residents from across the west suburbs gathered in Forest Park on to seek answers about the proposed O'Hare Flyer train.

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Kelly made the promise while showcasing his political candor to an audience of movers and shakers at the City Club of Chicago Thursday.

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Chicago’s commuter rail system is preparing for a major shift away from diesel power. Metra...

School transportation costs in Illinois went up 60% over the past five fiscal years of available state data. Last year, Illinois schools spent over $1.8 billion on it.

Construction of Connect Transit's new transfer station in downtown Bloomington could begin in early 2027, pending a formal review by the Illinois Department of Transportation.

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