"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.

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 ...

Metra is exploring financing options to address the urgent need to replace its ageing bridge infrastructure in the Chicago metropolitan area.

Chicago-based Range Group and HSA Commercial Real Estate have acquired adjacent parcels at 2519 W. Fulton Ave. and 2520 W.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

To start the new year, New York City instituted a forward-thinking policy Jan. 5. Every personal vehicle entering Manhattan ...

Chicago's Regional Transportation Authority released a plan calling for $1.5 billion in operating funding from state and ...

As many members of the Northwestern community undoubtedly know, the Chicago Transit Authority is facing a crisis. Transit ...