With transit advocates hopeful they’ll see shovels in the ground next year to kick off the long-awaited Red Line Extension, the Chicago Transit ... big cuts affect future transit projects?

A CTA Blue Line train in the Wicker Park neighborhood. Chicago-area transit, which includes the RTA, CTA, Metra and Pace, faces a $730 million budget shortfall. Sun-Times file Share With federal ...

Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Share I noted with interest your Oct. 24 editorial, “Merging Chicago ... will ensure our transit system works better for riders today and in the future.

Chicago’s Metra transit agency could be forced to cut service by as much as 40 percent in 2027 without additional funding, ...