If fewer people are riding trains and buses, do we need as many train and bus routes and the people involved in servicing those routes?

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 5, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event ...

New taxes buy the Chicago Transit Authority some time, but state lawmakers failed fix anything that led to the crisis. Here ...

When a broken wheel caused a derailment on Norfolk Southern — just a mile after NS received the train through interchange — ...

Chicago transit riders can expect to pay higher fares in the coming months as both the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) and Metra move forward with fare increases due to ongoing financial strain.

Here's where — and when — most smoking complaints are filed as the CTA grapples with snuffing out the problem of smoking on ...

Chicago police said the robbery happened around 3:46 a.m. on the Red Line train in the 200 block of West Garfield Boulevard ...

San Antonio fire crews responded after a Union Pacific train hit an 18-wheeler near downtown Monday afternoon. No one was ...

A long-awaited train connecting Chicago with the Quad Cities is a big step closer to reality after a massive transit bill ...

A longtime purveyor of the dangerous practice in Chicago tends to agree, pointing to the deaths and injuries on the New York ...

Riders on Chicago Transit Authority trains and buses can breathe a sigh of relief this weekend, and so can travelers on Metra ...

The Illinois General Assembly approved a bill this week that would direct a total of $1.5 billion to Chicago area transit ...