MCP: Your book is comprehensive in the story it tells about the rise and fall of American transit. It’s almost a tragedy. What was the inspiration for it? NDB: When I started it, I was interested in ...

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Illinois lawmakers filed a long-awaited bill Wednesday that would reform the Chicago area’s public transportation system with changes to its overall governing structure and a new police force to ...

When the pandemic hit the US in March 2020, public health officials told people to stay home. But many couldn’t. Essential workers—grocery store cashiers, health care workers, cooks, drivers, and ...

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CHICAGO -- Transit agency officials in Chicagoland met this week and formally began the process of planning for next year's budget, including drawing up plans for major service cuts and potential ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — As cities seek to fully reopen, public transit systems straining to win back riders after being crushed by the COVID-19 pandemic are getting a big funding boost to stay afloat and ...

Mass transit in the United States lacks mass appeal. In a 2024 study of data from nearly 800 cities, Asian urban residents used public transit for 43 percent of trips; 24 percent of Western Europeans ...