When the General Assembly met in late October for its veto session, one of the most critical matters on its agenda was passing legislation to pull the Chicago region’s mass transit system back from ...

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Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 16, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. “Under the circumstances it is natural ...

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 ...

News that the Regional Transportation Authority has slashed its forecasted 2026 fiscal cliff from $771 million to about $202 million is welcome news for riders, employers and taxpayers who rely on ...

The Chicago Transit Authority sued President Donald Trump's administration on Friday in a bid to undo a White House decision to freeze $3.1 billion in funding for rail projects in the third ...

A Chicago man who says he has “subway surfed” numerous times since he was a teenager — surreptitiously climbing atop moving L trains and becoming an open-air commuter, which he often chronicled on ...