Metra riders should expect to pay an average of 13% more per ride next year as the commuter rail service proposes fare ...
Note: The video in the player above is from a previous story. Metra commuters should anticipate a double-digit fare increase ...
Metra plans a fare increase as part of its proposed 2026 budget, a $1.1 million plan that includes other measures to address a projected $68 million funding shortfall but no cuts in service. The ...
As Friday commuters leave for home, the news about Metra's future plans includes higher fares and fewer trains unless there is relief from Springfield.
Chicago’s commuter rail is moving to raise fares to help offset a budget gap that threatens to upend the region’s transit ...
The Illinois RTA said the state's funding gap for CTA, Metra and Pace in 2026 is now $200 million, but without state funding it will balloon back to a fiscal cliff of $790 million in 2027.
Significant service cuts are still expected on the CTA beginning in the middle of next year if state lawmakers don’t ...
The announcement comes just a week and a half before lawmakers are set to return to Springfield for the fall veto session, during which numerous legislators say transit will be a main priority.
CTA, Metra and Pace have shrunken an expected $770 million budget shortfall next year to $202 million, agency bosses said at ...
Some lawmakers want to consolidate the Chicago area’s four public transit agencies this year in exchange for more state money to steer the agencies away from an impending fiscal cliff. In 2026, the ...
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