Transportation officials say the CTA, Metra and Pace stand to gain as much as 11 percent more federal funding for big-ticket capital...

Purpose The Village of Homewood, Illinois is seeking proposals from a developer or development team for the redevelopment of up to 5...

The bill, unveiled Tuesday, would also put an end to the cycle of temporary extensions and threatened shutdowns of transportation...

Orseno and other Metra officials visited the station, Ridge Road and Harwood Avenue, along with village officials to survey a $185,000...

Rock Island Line train No. 413 now departs the LaSalle Street station at 4:57 p.m. and makes stops at all stations south of Blue Island,...

And although long-range predictions suggest that this winter could be milder with less snow than the last two winters, municipal...

Phase III of the Chatham Street Bridge got a major boost recently when the City of Blue Island was awarded a $1.6 million grant as part...

While hardly the seamless “universal” fare card that transportation experts have been envisioning for years, the free app represents...

Photo courtesy of Wight & Company. The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) commissioned Wight & Company to provide...

A professor at Governors State University, he recently lost several pounds, and his previous route took him past a tempting fast-food...

Photo: Courtesy of Trails for Illinois A continuous biking and walking trail winding through 100 miles worth of Southland towns as part...

The village, elected officials,  residents and dignitaries celebrated Oct. 30 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. On hand for the...

Midlothian Metra station. Photo courtesy of Metra Commuters in six Southland towns will benefit from transit-related improvements...

Photo: Courtesy of the Village of Beecher The new Dixie Highway Commemorative Sign in Beecher was dedicated recently during a ribbon...

Save The Date! Please come out and join IDOT and the Village of University Park to celebrate on Friday, October 30th at 10:00 a.m. for...

Congratulations to Chicago Heights, Midlothian and Richton Park for their project recommendations. See the full list of 2016 LTA projects...

But, as the state budget impasse continues, revenues that fund those expenditures will soon be nearly depleted. Flossmoor and other...

Along with Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s seeming indifference to the road, the action means any possible construction is at least a half...

Chairman Marty Oberman introduced the resolution with some context, identified the importance and indicated Metra’s endorsement of SES as...