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How can we avoid fiscal derailment? Transit agencies, chambers of commerce take opposite sides on the consolidation debate
RTA, CTA, Metra, and Pace chiefs said they need more funding but are opposed to unification. The chamber leaders said the agencies shouldn't get one without the other.
July 10, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Wednesday, July 10
• FOX: Bike rider fatally struck by pickup driver Tuesday around 10:15 AM at North Branch Trail's Dempster crossing IDed as Michael Rapp, 74, of Skokie
July 10, 2024
CTA, Metra, and Pace ridership have been recovering this year, but still have a long way to go to reach pre-COVID-19 levels.
The Regional Transportation Authority recently discussed the bright sides of the local bus and train picture. But looming in the background is the $730 million Chicagoland transit fiscal cliff.
July 9, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, July 9
• Sun-Times previews today's hearing on the proposal to combine CTA, Metra, Pace, RTA into a single agency
July 9, 2024
NIMBYs target Ashland extension, and advocates discuss CTA’s 5 Better Streets for Buses corridors and Bus Vision Project.
Will Ashland opponents try to kill the plan at Wednesday's Transportation committee meeting? And ATA and CTAction respond to the transit agency's bus network plans.
July 8, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Monday, July 8
• Daily Herald: A major shake-up of Metra, CTA and Pace? Now’s the time to speak out as public hearings kick off
July 8, 2024
Riding on Chicago’s new all-green protected Clark Street “Brat Lane”
"Fancy." "I Love It."
July 6, 2024
The CTA has a four-pronged plan for rebuilding ridership
Chief Innovation Officer Molly Poppe said the agency intends to grow off-peak ridership; expand existing service; improve customer service; and increase advertising.
July 5, 2024
Today’s Headlines for Friday, July 5
• Block Club: Black drivers in Chicago subjected to more than half of police traffic stops, new report finds
July 5, 2024
There’s no shame in the Critical Mass “corking” game. But after violence two months in a row, let’s increase the peace
Enraged drivers assaulted CCM riders blocking intersections on the Near North Side and in Uptown, including shots fired. What's the right way forward?
July 3, 2024
