The festive railcars—which will appear on all five Metra lines this year—will be spreading holiday cheer throughout Chicagoland. You can tell it’s the holidays in Chicagoland when even the trains ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation Tuesday that rescues Metra, Pace and the CTA from financial implosion, steers $1.5 billion to transit, and promises to deliver upgrades like universal fares.

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Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation pumping $1.5 billion per year into Chicago-area transit agencies and instituting a new oversight system, ending years of debate over how to govern and finance the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- Gov. JB Pritzker signed a new public transit funding bill Tuesday. It provides enough funding, he says, to avoid fare hikes, service cuts or layoffs at the CTA, Metra and ...