Richard Wronski

The deadly commuter train crash in New York reinforces the urgency for Metra and other commuter railroads across the country to install a federally mandated safety system designed to prevent...

A retired Chicago-area banking executive from Olympia Fields has been named to the 16-member board of the Regional Transportation Authority, officials said Wednesday. Michael W. Lewis, 64, was named to...

The Regional Transportation Authority will investigate the repeated problems that have marred the CTA's launch of its Ventra fare card, officials said Wednesday. RTA Chairman John Gates Jr. called the...

Metra's plans to build a $20 million station on the South Side — the first new commuter rail facility in that part of the city since 2011 — prompted an...

Members of one of Metra's biggest labor unions could get raises worth more than 20 percent over the next six years and a $3,000 "signing bonus", according to a proposed...

Its days as a free ride are numbered, and so, finally, is the Elgin-O'Hare Expressway. Gov. Pat Quinn on Tuesday bestowed a numerical designation, Illinois Highway 390, on the 20-year-old...

Motorists will see plenty of orange warning signs next year as crews rehabilitate the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway, expand the Elgin-O'Hare Expressway and attack other projects as the Illinois Tollway...

The Illinois tollway board took steps today to hike the speed limit to 70 mph on some stretches of tollways, starting Jan. 1, 2014. Speeds will increase on a 15-mile...

Metra's board of directors is back at full strength for the first time since the controversy that rocked the agency last summer and prompted nearly half the panel to resign....