Hope now rides with the Illinois General Assembly to provide state funding that could prevent rail and bus service cuts.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker disclosed earlier this month that his administration seeks to commit almost $1 billion of planned ...

Metra announced fare hikes in its 2026 budget, part of a broader regional policy requiring the Chicago Transit Authority, ...

Chicago’s commuter rail is moving to raise fares to help offset a budget gap that threatens to upend the region’s transit service.

Mayor Johnson famously proposed a $300 million property tax hike last year, only to have the City Council vote it down ...

Bring back the Milwaukee-Racine-Kenosha interurban rail transit. It ran from 1897 to 1947. Interest is gaining traction for ...

A widespread issue with Positive Train Control has impacted nearly every Metra rail line on Tuesday afternoon.

U.S. passenger rail—including Amtrak, regional commuter lines, and urban transit systems—facilitates roughly 4.5 billion ...

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on Sept. 2 granted Metra’s application for terminal trackage rights to continue commuter rail service over three lines in the Chicago metropolitan area owned by ...

Kenosha County Board supervisors vote 15-7 Tuesday night in support of a study to review the feasibility of a regional passenger rail line planned for Kenosha, Racine and ...