It’s been almost 50 years since a passenger train last stopped in DeKalb. It wasn’t for the lack of trying. When Metra first began planning to extend its the Union Pacific West…
This is another story in Chronicle Media’s ongoing series looking at how funds allocated to Illinois in the Volkswagen settlement may be used to create cleaner air for Illinois residents….
The City of Des Plaines is gearing up to for a study that would determine whether it would be feasible to build a new Metra station on Oakton Street, near the intersection of Oakton…
RTA officials are concerned that Illinois may be left at the station when the federal money train comes rolling through doling out funds for transportation infrastructure improvements….
As we prepare to turn the pages of our calendars to a new year, elected and civic leaders across McLean County have their attention affixed on the shuttered Mitsubishi Motors plant…
Pace Route 352, which serves Halsted Street corridor in Chicago’s Far South Side and south suburbs, stands out for several reasons. It is the only Pace route that currently operates…
Elgin riders now have another way to catch Pace express buses to Rosemont and Woodfield Mall. On Dec. 18, officials from the Pace suburban bus transit agency, Illinois State Toll Highway…
The Chicago Transit Authority is looking at a fare hike as one of the potential remedies to a cut in state funding. CTA leaders said a hike in fares would be a last resort. However, the…
