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 ...

Reset talks to a railroad researcher and an ‘L’ historian to learn more about the city’s commuter and freight lines.

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

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 ...

Suffolk County has terminated Chicago real estate conglomerate JLL as master developer of the $2.8 billion Midway Crossing ...

Metra has set aside $17 million to improve its station at Davis Street. The Davis Street Metra station in downtown Evanston ...

Trains on Metra’s Union Pacific West line are halted near Melrose Park Thursday night after a train struck a vehicle.