The commuter rail agency is seeking $230 million from the federal Railroad Rehabilitation & Improvement Financing program to ...
Commuter operator Metra says it is considering the rarely used option of outside financing to address its increasingly urgent ...
Metra may leverage low-interest federal loans to replace or repair some of its oldest bridges. At a Wednesday meeting, board ...
The clock is ticking for transit agencies facing a crater-sized budget hole, Metra Executive Director Jim Derwinski warned at ...
The agency owns 446 bridges, of which 80 percent of them are at least more than 75 years old and have surpassed their functional lifespan and are increasingly expensive to ...
Chicago's Regional Transportation Authority released a plan calling for $1.5 billion in operating funding from state and ...
Video obtained by FOX 32 Chicago showed flames coming from a Metra train Monday evening, causing significant delays.
Public transit experts and advocates in Evanston and beyond have expressed skepticism over recently proposed funding packages intended to keep regional transit afloat. Chicago-area transit operators ...
Jen Sabella, the Director of Strategy and co-founder of Block Club Chicago, joins Bob Sirott to share the latest Chicago neighborhood stories. She provides details on: ‘Duey Juice’ Rum Cocktails ...
As many members of the Northwestern community undoubtedly know, the Chicago Transit Authority is facing a crisis. Transit ...
Video obtained by FOX 32 Chicago showed flames coming from a Metra train Monday evening, causing significant delays.
"No wider than a semi-truck and trailer, it would be possible to run this line down the inside shoulder of I-90," writes Robert Manning of Rockford.