Illinois General Assembly passes transit funding bill overnight, raising $1.5 billion for CTA, Metra, Pace

The Illinois General Assembly passed a compromise bill to fund public transportation, including CTA, Metra and Pace, with the ...

Passenger rail funding secured, Quad Cities leaders react in Moline

Illinois Quad Cities leaders celebrate funding for the Moline-to-Chicago passenger rail line. Democrats’ key demand from the ...

Letters: Why Chicago will benefit from Ald. Daniel La Spata’s plan for a new public restroom

The half-hearted editorial “Chicago gets a new public bathroom. What could possibly go wrong?” about Ald. Daniel La Spata’s ...

'Dial-a-ride' networks fill gaps in public transit in suburban communities

As Chicagoans sound the alarm over potentially crippling cuts to the CTA, suburban counties are hitting the gas on their own ...
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$1.5B transit deal: What changed in Illinois’ plan? | ChicagoLIVE

Kam Buckner (D-Chicago) sits down with ChicagoLIVE's Anita Blanton to break down the newly passed transit bill that secures ...

Illinois lawmakers pass mass transit funding bill. Here’s what that means for CTA, Metra and Pace riders.

For months, Illinois transit leaders warned of a doomsday scenario that would hobble the region’s mass transit systems. That ...