For disabled Chicagoans transit is a way to get to work, attend school, access medical care, visit family and be part of the community.

The RTA can't order the individual transit agencies to raise fares, but it can reject their budgets. To address the looming ...

The Regional Transportation Authority, which oversees the budgets for CTA, Metra, and Pace, is facing a $770 million budget shortfall next year, and warned if it's not addressed, the fallout could ...

Pace and Metra riders converge at the Des Plaines Metra station Wednesday. Hearings kick off this week on the future of transit in the region, including potentially merging Metra, the CTA and Pace.

It’s been months in the making but transit riders now have a seamless way to travel on Metra, Pace and the CTA on a daily basis. The Regional Day Pass can be purchased through the Ventra app and ...

A new day pass could soon allow CTA, Metra and Pace users to pay for rides across all three systems’ buses and trains, a step toward long-awaited complete integration of fares among the region ...

A new day pass may soon be available to Chicago commuters for access across the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pace. Metra’s board of directors on Wednesday approved a pilot program for a ...

Under the current system, Chicago’s mayor has majority control over appointments on the CTA board, while the suburbs and collar counties have greater control over Metra and Pace’s boards.

Legislators were seemingly on board with the latest plan to reform the Chicago-area transit system — but miles apart on how to fund the CTA, Metra and Pace to avert a $770 million fiscal cliff.

CTA board votes to try combined day pass with Pace, Metra The six-month pilot program could begin this fall, but it still needs the approval of Pace’s board, which votes on the matter Wednesday.

Pace will begin running routes 770 and 771 on May 26, which will connect the zoo and the CTA Blue, Green and Pink lines.