If new funds do not come in, the agencies are predicting not only a drastic reduction in service, but also the cutting of thousands of jobs.

If the state would fund its mandates, the doomsday budget cuts looming over the 1.2 million weekday RTA riders could ...

It would be harder for people to get around the Chicago area and put food on the table for their families. At an RTA board meeting Thursday, two maps were shown. One shows the scale of CTA service ...

Chicago area transit agencies outlined what would happen if the state fails to come through with extra funding before ...

More than half of Chicago’s bus routes could be eliminated, at least parts of four “L” lines could be shut down and Metra weekday service would be slashed to once an hour under a ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Trains and buses on the chopping ... so it is a scenario that is really coming to a head," RTA Executive Director Leanne Redden said. The recently released RTA report says this ...

The RTA is calling for an additional $1.5 billion investment to improve the system. It's something the president of the Chicago Loop Alliance would also like to see. "We should have a world-class ...

The “doomsday scenario” for the future of Chicago’s transit system is coming ... transit crisis — it’s a regional emergency,” RTA Executive Director Leanne Redden said in the report.

A transportation nightmare is looming over Chicago, where a $730 million hole in the regional mass transit budget could force ...

The cuts could mean $1 billion in lost wages annually for the Chicago area as access to job opportunities is lost, according to the RTA. Almost 3,000 transit workers could be laid off.