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 ...
Regional Transportation Authority warns of fiscal cliff, asks for more power over Chicago area transit
The agency said the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra, and Pace suburban buses will face a $770 million budget deficit and ...
Some transit agencies signal support of RTA's plan for increased authority as alternate to merger
Metra and Pace generally support a strengthened RTA after its chairman, Kirk Dillard, laid out a vision that requires $1.5 ...
Chicago Agency Pitches $1.5 Billion Plan to Fix Transit Woes
Chicago transit officials are advocating for a $1.5 billion annual funding package to help keep one of the country’s largest transportation systems afloat as it stares down a steep financial cliff in ...
RTA asks for more authority over transit to deal with looming fiscal cliiff
The agency said the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra, and Pace suburban buses—for all of which the RTA oversees finances, ...
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CPD offers warning to South Side residents after string of robberies on CTA buses
A string of strong-armed robberies on CTA buses this week has prompted police to issue a warning to residents on the city’s South Side. Chicago police said the three robberies ...
President Joe Biden give his farewell address [FULL]
Five days from inauguration day, President Joe Biden delivered his farewell address from the Oval Office. A Philadelphia ...