Legislators have until the end of May to hammer out a solution to a fiscal crisis that public transit leaders say could lead to massive fare hikes and a 40% reduction in train and bus service.

Metra Executive Director Jim Derwinski's grim warning last week to the transit agency's board of directors was in many ways a ...

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In fact, many visitors (and locals) ride the RTA’s iconic streetcars simply for the fun of it. In this way, the RTA is a destination in itself. Our streetcars and buses are both a symbol of the ...

For this, we can thank the 16 people appointed to the RTA board, including former state Sen. Kirk Dillard, the chairman since 2014. Dillard appoints the RTA’s executive director, adding another layer.

Don’t kill the messenger is a concept that dates as far back as Shakespeare and Sophocles. But what happens when good concepts come from a bad source? Having written a few times about the $730 ...

RTA Board Chair Kirk Dillard spoke to the City Club about the need for us to change the way we operate, fund, and govern mass transit. His comments and those included in Crain’s recent ...

Regional Transit Authority Chairman Kirk Dillard warned in a City Club speech this week. A merger of the CTA, the Metra commuter rail system, the Pace suburban bus system and the RTA is the best ...

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A massive trade proposal has the Atlanta Falcons sending $180 million man Kirk Cousins to a QB-needy AFC team in a move that could shake up next year’s NFL playoff race. The Falcons are surely ...

“Joining me now, someone who knows a little bit about this, Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA founder,” said Ingraham, when a deep voice effectively cut her off with an unexpected ...

said Kirk Dillard, the RTA chairman, in a Wednesday speech at the City Club of Chicago. Moreover, train and bus operators would have to be laid off. “The extraordinary economic and environmental ...