With transit funding passed, RTA drops mandate for CTA, Metra, Pace to raise fares

The Regional Transportation Authority will no longer demand the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra, and Pace raise fares by 10% ...

Illinois lawmakers pass mass transit funding bill. Here’s what that means for CTA, Metra and Pace riders.

For months, Illinois transit leaders warned of a doomsday scenario that would hobble the region’s mass transit systems. That scenario seems to be in the rearview mirror.
ABC 7 Chicago

Some CTA buses to use new AI cameras to capture video of bus and bike lane parking violators

CHICAGO (WLS) -- ABC7 is getting an exclusive first look at new technology being used on Chicago buses. Starting Wednesday, some CTA buses will use new artificial intelligence cameras. Those cameras ...
Yahoo

Exclusive look at technology CTA will use to record blocking of bus, bike lanes

If you're parked in a bus or bike lane starting Wednesday, you could face fines if you're spotted by new technology on select CTA buses. The CTA is rolling out six buses with new artificial ...

Transit reform measure shifts CTA control from Chicago mayor. Lawmaker says that’s an ‘asset’

As state lawmakers raced to pass a $1.5 billion plan to overhaul regional mass transportation, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office lost control over the CTA board.
Chicago Sun-Times

CTA's potential bus, rail service cuts pushed to last half of 2026

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