Jennifer Hudson will sing a tribute to Whitney Houston at tonight's Grammy Awards, a person was killed after crashing head-on into a CTA bus, and other news. more ›

If you want to piss voters off, mess with their commute. Those concerns might explain some surprising action taken by local pols related to a bill in DC that could have big impacts at home. more ›

How did the Chicago History Museum get the city's first elevated train car in the museum? Very carefully, as you'll see in this video. more ›

Taking a page from train robbers like Jesse James, four teenagers disabled a CTA bus, boarded it, beat the driver and robbed its passengers. How could that happen, and will it happen again? more ›

Gov. Quinn heads to Brazil, the state unemployment rate falls, and other news. more ›

Six people were shot on the south side, a woman's body was found in the snow in Chicago Heights, and other weekend news. more ›

The wheels on the bus go round and round, but not so much on the CTA's new L cars which have been shelved due to safety concerns. more ›

CTA was awarded a TIGER grant to repair the 3.5 mile slow zone stretch of Blue Line tracks between Damen and Belmont. more ›

CTA has a do-it-yourself transit info display that "makes it easy for anyone with some computer savvy" to put together a slideshow of bus and train route arrival times so that folks reliant on public transportation don't, for example, freeze their little piggies waiting for a caravan of Clark Street buses. more ›

CTA President Forrest Claypool said “We feel like this is about as close a saturation as you can get.” In addition to rail stations, newer model CTA cars come equipped with onboard cameras, which officials say will eventually provide real time data to police. more ›

Forrest Claypool's 2012 CTA Budget closes a $277 million deficit without fare hikes or service cuts. The problem? It's built on work rule changes that labor unions probably won't stomach. more ›

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is unhappy with the city of Chicago and the CTA, so she is taking matters into her own hands. more ›

This woman decided if she couldn't ride the bus south on Broadway, then nobody can. more ›

The Chicago Transit Authority announced the 2011 holiday train schedule. more ›

'Tis the season to huddle around the glowing lights of the heat lamps on CTA platforms, one of those little things that make us love Chicago. more ›

If you walk, bike, drive or take public transit in the Chicago area, point your browsers toward Grid Chicago. The sustainable transportation blog has rounded up a network of sites covering local transportation. more ›

If the front page to their feed means anything, CTA will probably tweet in groups of 3-5 tweets over a 20-minute period, then you won't see anything for another hour. more ›

In these lean times, taxpayers are likely to be skeptical of a no-bid public affairs contract for $45,000. If only RTA had some sort of community relations department to handle the fallout. more ›

Claypool held the line at not raising fares or cutting services in the $1.24 billion budget if - and this is one hell of an "if" - unions agree to work rule changes and deep cuts in management more ›

The new security cameras will round out the promised 1,500 extra security cameras at various train stations around the city. more ›

CTA will use the money to upgrade its bus fleet, renovate the Wilson Red Line “El” stop and fund a study to improve lakefront bus service. more ›

Bodily fluids, sexual gestures, shadowy stalkers - we’ve all had our fair share of cringe-worthy CTA experiences. Now there’s a site where ‘L’ riders can share their bizarre transit memories. more ›

Expect delays if your travels include the Jackson Blue Line stop. more ›

So much about a September timetable to fix the Clark/Lake Blue Line escalator. Use it with abandon, people. more ›

CTA is waiting for parts to fix the fercockt escalator at Clark/Lake. Really, that's what they told us. more ›

A man was stabbed in the back in a fight by the Belmont station. more ›

Those budget negotiations in Washington, D.C. always hit a little closer to home than you expect. more ›

The City's new Transportation Chief wants to wire the city's lighted bus shelters to provide information about bus arrival times, car- and bike-sharing programs and other information. more ›

A man who yelled an obscenity directed at Mayor Daley on his last day in city hall is now facing more serious charges with regards to his initial arrest. more ›

Mayor Rahm Emanuel has ordered an immediate full-stop to all credit card use after an investigation found city employees using city credit cards to pay for everything from flowers to expensive restaurants to city-issued red light tickets, more ›