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The potential greenway route and existing nearby trails. Image: Steven Vance

You love to see it: Rte. 53 extension proposal gets turned into a greenway project instead

By John Greenfield | Mar 16, 2023 | No Comments

While it may be a few years until the greenway project gets off the ground, it's certainly a fantastic outcome that instead of being filled by cars, trucks, and pollution, the corridor will be used by pedestrians, bike riders, and wildlife.

A CTA train crosses over a Metra Line in the West Loop. Photo: RTA

Metra and RTA release strategic plans in hopes of a more a fiscally stable future

By Igor Studenkov | Mar 7, 2023 | No Comments

As transit systems throughout United States continue to adjust to the life after COVID-19, the Regional Transportation Authority and Metra released strategic plans for the future.

A Pace Pulse express bus at the Jefferson Park Transit Center. Photo: John Greenfield

Pace board approves partnership with Transit, gets update on fiscal cliff strategy

By John Greenfield | Feb 20, 2023 | No Comments

Directors also honored executive director Melinda Metzger for 45 years of working to improve regional transportation. Also last week, Pace eliminated transfer fees.

Train positions on several Metra lines as of early Friday afternoon.

Non-mystery trains? Metra promises more accurate arrival data on its new tracker

By John Greenfield | Jan 13, 2023 | No Comments

Much has been said recently about the CTA’s COVID 19-era reliability problems. There’s been less discussion of Metra’s challenges with restoring service as society slowly recovers from the pandemic, but it’s an equally vexing issue. Since the hub-and-spokes commuter railroad’s focus is on transporting suburbanites to and from downtown jobs, its ridership has been particularly […]

Santa Claus on the Pink Line and Governor Pritzker at the 54th/Cermak station. Photos: Cameron Bolton

Will Governor Pritzker play Santa Claus for the south Red Line extension project?

By Cameron Bolton and John Greenfield | Dec 13, 2022 | No Comments

Stay tuned to find out whether J.B. is planning to provide a gift to the CTA in the form of RLE funding, or merely some coal, which wouldn't be very useful running an electric-powered train.

As Chicagoland transit faces a fiscal cliff, RTA five-year plan sketches a funding path

By Sharon Hoyer | Dec 13, 2022 | No Comments

On December 5 the Regional Transportation Authority – the agency that oversees CTA, Metra and Pace – released a draft strategic plan outlining its five-year priorities.

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