RTA seeks expanded authority over CTA, Metra, Pace to remedy transit funding crisis
Chicago's transit agency leaders spent the last year rejecting the idea of consolidation in exchange for more funding. The ...
1 dead after Metra train hits vehicle in Norwood Park
Metra officials said UPNW train #717 was scheduled to arrived at Harvard at 5:20 p.m., but hit a vehicle in Norwood Park at ...
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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 ...
Daily Herald10d
Making its move: RTA proposes universal fares, more trains, cost cuts to counter merger plan
Amid a $770 million budget gap facing Metra, Pace and the CTA, and a proposal to merge the three into a supersized agency, ...
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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 commuters by slashing the average wait for buses and trains in half.
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Pulse Dempster bus to O’Hare notches strong opening year
Facing a long-feared fiscal cliff next year, Chicago-area transit operators have warned of a 40% service cut and sometimes ...
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CTA offering free rides on New Year's Eve
CHICAGO (WLS) -- You can ring in the new year with free rides on all CTA buses and "L" trains this New Year's Eve. The Molson Coors' Miller Lite Free Rides program is sponsoring the rides from 10 ...
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CTA, Pace and Metra Offer Free Rides on New Year’s Eve
On New Year’s Day, Sunday schedules will be in effect for various Pace routes. Free rides will be available on all Metra trains arriving at or departing from Metra’s downtown stations after 6 p.m. on ...