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The Washington-Wabash 'L' station. CTA and Metra rolled own new lower fare prices this year. Photo: John Greenfield

The lows and highs of Chicagoland’s 2021 transportation news

By Courtney Cobbs | Jan 7, 2022 | No Comments

It's likely 2022 will bring even more advocacy and direction action around sustainable transportation, and necessary and robust responses from city and state transportation officials.

BART Transit Ambassadors give a mask to a passenger and ask him to wear it. Photo: BART

CTA: We’re monitoring Transit Ambassadors programs in other cities, not planning one

By John Greenfield | Dec 22, 2021 | No Comments

"A different approach is long overdue," responded an ATA spokesperson. "The least the CTA could do is give it a try and launch a pilot program like its peer cities across the country."

Saturday's rally for bus driver safety. Image: ABC Chicago

To address the CTA operator shortage, we need to keep transit workers safe

By John Greenfield | Dec 16, 2021 | No Comments

Whether the answer is Transit Ambassadors, or other solutions that don't involve adding more guns to the system, something needs to be done.

Transit Ambassadors on a BART train in the San Francisco Bay Area. Photo: BART

Wave of violence against CTA workers highlights the need for Transit Ambassadors

By John Greenfield | Dec 3, 2021 | No Comments

Everyone on the CTA deserves to feel and be safe, especially the transit employees who help keep the city moving.

Aerial view of the Belmont Flyover. Photo: Flickr user Jacob G.

It happened! The Belmont Flyover finally debuted early Friday morning

By John Greenfield | Nov 18, 2021 | No Comments

The CTA says it's the first new, permanent track line to go into service since the Orange Line debuted in 1993.

A view of "Constant Flow into multitudes of specific Form" by Francesco Simeti.
Photo: CTA

New public art unveiled at Blue Line O’Hare branch’s Addison and Western stations

By Courtney Cobbs | Nov 11, 2021 | No Comments

The Addison work features painted glass panels by Italian artist Francesco Simeti, while the Western installation is cast concrete seating units by Edra Soto and Dan Sullivan.

The Davis Street Metra and CTA stations in Evanston. Photo: Jeff Zoline

After lobbying by CTA and Pace, RTA board shifts some COVID funding from Metra

By Igor Studenkov | Nov 8, 2021 | No Comments

Under the new agreement, the CTA will get $912.1 million (61 percent of the funds), while Metra will get $513.6 million (34 percent) and Pace will get $71.3 million (5 percent).

Two out of the three buses clustered at Foster and Clark in Andersonville during a recent rush hour. Photo: John Greenfield

Confirmed: Current CTA unreliability is caused by staffing shortages. How do we fix that?

By John Greenfield | Nov 5, 2021 | No Comments

We've accurately diagnosed the cause of current CTA weirdness. Now we need to hold the agency accountable for keeping its promise of "actively recruiting workers to fill existing vacant positions."

A Metra Union Pacific West train and a CTA Green Line train cross paths on Lake Street. Photo: Jeff Zoline

CTA, Pace, and Metra are fighting over federal COVID stimulus funding split

By Igor Studenkov | Nov 5, 2021 | No Comments

CTA and Pace officials have objected to the Regional Transportation Authority's proposal for divvying up American Rescue Plan Act stimulus funds between those systems and Metra.

CTA bus driver fatally struck William Hiebel, 85, next to LFT’s Buena underpass

By John Greenfield | Oct 11, 2021 | No Comments

Although police described the victim as a pedestrian, a local resident told Streetsblog the senior was actually bicycling west from the underpass into the road when he was struck.

At last! The city has inked a contract for Damen Line Green stop construction with Paschen

By John Greenfield | Oct 1, 2021 | No Comments

Originally slated to open this year, the station probably won't be completed until at least late 2023. But, hey, better late than never.

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