The Chicago Transit Board on Nov. 12 unanimously approved a balanced $2.23 billion operating budget for the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), which, the agency says, “holds the line on fares, avoids ...

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The year 2000 was 25 years ago. If that sounds surprising because you keep referencing 2000 as "a few years back," stop holding your phone at arm's length and just buy some reading glasses already.

The CTA will use its share of a $1.5 billion mass transit bailout from Springfield to provide 24-hour service on the Orange Line to Midway Airport and deliver more frequent and cleaner bus and rail ...

Twenty-five years ago today, the New York Yankees beat the New York Mets in Game 5 of the 2000 World Series. It remains, to this day, the only championship meeting between the two teams. The final out ...

Editor's note: This is a part of an occasional USA TODAY Sports series on the best moments, teams, players and figures in sports over the last 25 years. A version of this story originally appeared on ...

Chicago-area residents and visitors will have to find alternative modes of transportation in the Loop, as trains on four different CTA lines will not be operating in the downtown area. Elevated rail ...

Chicago is expanding a pilot program using cameras to catch and ticket drivers blocking bus and bike lanes in parts of downtown. Trump Warns of Threat to Social Security, Medicare Exclusive: ...

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The CTA defended its commitment to safety in a letter to federal transportation officials sent after President Donald Trump’s Department of Transportation threatened to withhold the agency’s federal ...

The era of carpeted Metro trains ended with the official retirement of railcars dating to the 1980s. The 2000 series railcars with the iconic brown and orange seats and carpet are out of service ...