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Beer and beards: Bike attorney Brendan Kevenides from FK Law (an SBC sponsor) and new ATA board member Chris Valadez, co-founder of Cycle Brookfield, at the meeting at Revolution Brewing's taproom. Photo via ATA

At annual meeting, ATA honored new advocacy orgs, discussed its playbook for 2023

By Imelda March and John Greenfield | Dec 4, 2022 | No Comments

The purpose of the event was to honor the group's volunteers as well as peer advocacy groups, conduct board business, and inform members about ATA's priorities for next year.

Pace board chair Rick Kwasneski, Congressional rep Sean Casten, Pace board member Tom Marcucci, Pace executive director Melinda Metzger, Metra board member Wes Becton, Metra CEO James Derwinski, and Metra board member Stephen Palmer. Photo: Pace

Electric reveal: Pace’s first-ever e-bus is ready for its closeup

By John Greenfield | Dec 1, 2022 | No Comments

Chicagoland reached a small milestone in bus electrification on Wednesday as Pace heralded the purchase of its first all-electric bus.

Chicago's Union Station. Photo: John Greenfield

Mayors CHIP in to win Chicago Hub Improvement Program upgrades to Union Station

By John Greenfield | Nov 14, 2022 | No Comments

If the funding is approved, Amtrak would use the cash from a federal Mega Grant to upgrade the terminal, create more rail routes into the city, and launch a variety of new services.

A Pace Route 250 bus at the Dempster-Skokie CTA Yellow Line station park-n-ride. Photo: Igor Studenkov

Pace proposes pulling the plug on 69 suspended routes, making most transfers free

By Igor Studenkov | Oct 19, 2022 | No Comments

The budget calls for doing away with most transfer fees, making all current CTA-only passes valid on Pace, and permanently eliminating 69 routes suspended during COVID.

Metra board members object to budget proposal to end Super Saver Monthly Pass

By Igor Studenkov | Oct 14, 2022 | No Comments

Metra’s proposal to discontinue systemwide day passes, three-zone day passes, and a $100 systemwide Super Saver Monthly Pass in favor of zone-based single-day and monthly passes faced such as strong backslash during the October 12 meeting of the Metra Board of Directors that the press release announcing the proposed new budget framed it as just […]

An inbound Union Pacific North train at the Rogers Park Metra station. If this line had been shut down, the CTA Purple and Red lines would have been a fall-back for some riders. Photo: Igor Studenkov

Yay, Metra service is spared! What were options for riders in the event of a strike shutdown?

By Igor Studenkov | Sep 15, 2022 | No Comments

There was good news today as the potential shutdown of four Metra lines due to a threatened freight rail worker strike was averted. But what would have happened if it wasn't?

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