Did you get an e-mail from the CTA a little while ago? Some customers did with a severe weather warning. Dear CTA Customer, This email is to alert you that there is currently severe weather, including heavy rain and high winds, forecasted to reach Chicago during the afternoon and evening rush-hour period today, October 18. It is possible that this severe weather could impact CTA bus and train service. Please take this into account... more ›

This news came in just in time for your commute home, Evanstonians & Skokites. more ›

The fire at the Dexter Wirt building will continue to indirectly mess things up for Orange and Green Line CTA riders, Columbia College students, the homeless and anyone trying to get a drink at George's. CTA officials want to make sure the rail structure is safe before allowing train service to resume between Roosevelt and the Loop. In addition, the burnt structure now needs to be torn down so that pieces of the formerly historic... more ›

"Listen up everyone. I'm an entertainment officer for the CTA here to make sure you have fun on your commute today." more ›

To paraphrase the advertising slogan of a certain local periodical, if you didn’t know the CTA made some major changes to its service today, it’s not their fault. more ›

Starting this spring, the CTA is rolling out a new system on the No. 20 Madison line that will let riders check the real-time status of buses on the internet and automated signs at stops. The system will take advantage of GPS devices already installed on the buses. Riders will know the exact location of that next bus, and whether they'll have time to stop for an Egg McMuffin or not. Although serious CTA riders... more ›

A day after Londoners celebrated the news that they would be hosting the Olympics in 2012, a series of coordinated bombings spread throughout the London transit system in a terrorist attack likely timed to coincide with the G8 summit. more ›

Feel like your commute is sooooooooooo looooooooonngg? And there can't be anyone who spends more time getting to and from work than you do? Well, you're almost right. The Census Bureau's annual American Community Survey reported yesterday that Chicagoans have one of the longest commutes in the country. Only New Yorkers spend more time commuting than we do. Chicago ranks second in the nation for big cities (250,000 people or more), with an average one-way... more ›