Igor Studenkov
Recent Posts
Could new Metra service to Kendall County enable a fantastical journey to Oswego?
| | No Comments
Now that we have cost estimates for extending the BNSF line to Kendall County, why should officials say no to Plano?
Active Transportation Alliance, transit officials discuss suburban transportation challenges
| | No Comments
The shortcomings of Chicago area public transit are self-evident to any suburban transit rider who has ever tried to get anywhere but the Loop.
What kind of infrastructure upgrades are needed for post-pandemic recovery?
| | No Comments
Chicago business leaders and MPC agree that transit is key to post-pandemic economic revival, while also urging investment in freight rail, shipping facilities, roads, and bridges.
Metra, Loop building managers join forces to promote safe return to in-person work
| | No Comments
"There’s no collaborative tool that can replace in-person networking," Metra CEO Jim Derwinski insisted. "You can’t build a company culture on a video call.”
CTA, peer transit agencies urge Biden administration to end local hiring ban
| | No Comments
Reagan-era legislation prohibits transit agencies from favoring local firms and workers for infrastructure projects. Lifting the ban could provide new opportunities.
How COVID-19 impacted has Chicagoland public transportation workers
| | No Comments
During the COVID-19 pandemic, at least 1,874 Chicago area transit workers tested positive for the disease, at least 14 had to be hospitalized and at least 14 passed away.
Metra looks back at 2020 ridership, ticket sales as it plans for the future
| | No Comments
Essential workers, transit-dependent residents, and bicyclists have made up a higher percentage of riders during the pandemic.
Metra is unhappy about the RTA focusing stimulus funds on transit-dependent areas
| | No Comments
The CTA would get $361 million, while Metra would get only $83 million, and Pace would get $22 million for fixed-route bus service, plus $20 million for paratransit.
Residents call for grocery store, environmental upgrades near future 130th Street ‘L’ station
| | No Comments
Residents see the new station as an opportunity to address longtime disinvestment and create job opportunities.
RTA plans to focus federal COVID stimulus funding to transit-dependent areas
| | No Comments
The Regional Transportation Authority is planning to use federal stimulus funding to support transit services to "to the places and people across the region who most need transit" during the pandemic.
Ashland BRT NIMBY Roger Romanelli is fighting IDOT’s plan to relocate the Prairie Path
| | No Comments
Romanelli, who helped kill Chicago's plan for bus rapid transit, is now trying to do the same thing with an Illinois Department of Transportation proposal to relocate a section of the Prairie Path.
Transit Development Districts will help fund TOD along the South Shore Line
| | No Comments
These zones will collect property and income tax revenue to help subsidize infrastructure and development around stations, capitalizing on planned service upgrades.