RTA seeks expanded authority over CTA, Metra, Pace as solution to transit 'fiscal cliff'
Chicago's transit agency leaders spent the past year rejecting the idea of consolidation in exchange for more funding. The ...
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CTA Chief of Staff to serve as acting president following Carter's retirement
Chicago Transit Authority Board members met Wednesday to appoint a new interim leader after longtime president Dorval Carter ...
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RTA pitches Springfield on $1.5B revamp to save and even enhance service
Chicago-area transit leaders are unveiling a plan they say would both avoid a sharp post-COVID reduction in service and help ...
RTA proposes more bus and train service, fare hikes and stronger central agency as lawmakers prepare to debate future of transit
CTA trains every five to 10 minutes all day and better Metra service at midday, nights and weekends. One app for fares and ...
Illinois quick hits: CTA leaves X; good Samaritan recognized
CTA leaves X The Chicago Transit Authority is no longer posting on the social media platform X. The agency has confirmed that two of its accounts are no longer active on the site formerly known as ...
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On display
In November, the city launched a two-year pilot program that will outfit up to six Chicago Transit Authority buses with surveillance cameras. The long-awaited Safe Streets program comes after ...
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South Side of Chicago gets funding for a transit project before Trump takeover
Cars pass the 95th Street Red Line Station, the train station currently the farthest south on the line and where the Chicago Transit Authority plans to extend from in 2025, Thursday, Dec. 19 ...
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Daughter of hit-and-run victim pleads for answers and justice
“It was two people, a young lady who was being chased by a separate vehicle by a guy…the cars were coming ... hasn’t said something.” Chicago Transit Authority ditches X for alerts Jeannie ...
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RTA Wants Lawmakers to Boost Its Authority to Oversee, Coordinate Chicago-Area Transit
The proposal comes as the Chicago region’s transit agencies are facing down an estimated $750 million fiscal cliff next year when COVID-19 relief money runs out — and amid conversations in Springfield ...
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CTA President Dorval Carter to Resign
Chicago Transit Authority President Dorval Carter plans to resign on Jan. 31. He plans to take a job as the president and CEO of Saint Anthony Hospital on the city’s West Side.
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Woman Lives Next to Train, Here's Why She Will Never Move Out
The footage shows a mesmerizing night view of the CTA (Chicago Transit Authority) Holiday Train ... "Riders can expect the spectacle of a six-car CTA train decorated with holiday scenes, countless ...
Trump's Cabinet picks are set for Senate hearings. Here's the schedule
Senate hearings are scheduled this coming week for several of Trump's picks for the Cabinet. Many have met with senators individually. Now, they will go before the committees overseeing the agencies ...