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At board meeting: CTA is piloting digital bus stop signs at 20 stops, and are unarmed security guards effective?
Transit agency to pilot new pole-mounted digital bus stop signs
Pace budget preview hints at service increases, talks hydrogen bus pilot
CTA board meeting focuses on improving bus service equity, and public safety in the wake of the Blue Line murders
City cuts ribbon on Clark Street upgrades in Rogers Park, including converting Arthur Avenue to a pedestrian plaza
The initiative also included upgrading the plaza of the local police station, and making the Ashland/Clark junction north of Devon safer.
What’s the fastest way from O’Hare to the DNC: CTA or Metra? The race is on!
SBC's Igor Studenkov and John Greenfield competed against each other on the Blue Line and the temporary O'Hare shuttle train.
How the DNC is affecting transit, walking, and biking
The Democratic National Convention has brought temporary O'Hare shuttle train service to Metra's NCS line, including on weekends, but it's also creating obstructions for people walking and biking.
Amtrak’s convenient, timely Chicago-Twin Cities Borealis service saw strong ridership in its first month
Streetsblog recently took a ride on the new route to the Wisconsin Dells and back. Here's what we experienced.
July CTA board meeting touches on public safety, union issues, creating a transit-friendly DLSD
A board member asked for assurance that the CPD's focus on the upcoming DNC at the United Center won't make transit less safe in the rest of the city.
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.
