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Local transit agencies: CDC mask mandate will give our existing rules more teeth
Hopefully now that the federal government is getting more serious about mask compliance, we'll see better behavior on this front from local transit riders.
February 2, 2021
Is the Metra-Union Pacific feud impacting onboard safety and quality of life?
While's its way past time for Metra and Union Pacific to settle their differences, when it comes to safety and comfort on the UP-operated trains, things could be a lot worse.
January 28, 2021
RTA plans to focus federal COVID stimulus funding to transit-dependent areas
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.
January 25, 2021
Readers: Women-only transit would be awesome / impractical / sexist / transphobic
One thing's for sure: If such a program is going to be implemented in Chicago, it needs to be explicitly inclusive of all women, including trans women, and nonbinary people.
January 19, 2021
Should the CTA adopt women-only transit? Interviews with Chicago women suggest yes
Women-only transportation helps to dismantle one of the barriers that women face daily, so it should be seriously considered in the Chicago and other U.S. cities.
January 15, 2021
How things will work while Red Line is shut down for flyover work the next 2 weekends
Making the transfer between the Belmont and Addison stations via a shuttle will be rather time-consuming, so you might be better off just taking a regular bus instead of the train.
January 8, 2021
On eve of South Side Metra pilot, Preckwinkle thanks advocates for “banging this drum”
"If you're going to look at things through an equity lens, you do the best to address inequities and past failures on the part of government."
December 23, 2020
Before stimulus, advocates pushed for transparency on cuts. That’s still important.
The possibility of transit cuts is now less of an immediate threat. But it's still important for local transit agencies to be transparent about what would be cut in the event that the federal funding runs out.
December 22, 2020
What will the new COVID stimulus bill mean for Chicagoland transit?
Chicago-area transit agencies and advocates are generally taking a glass-half-full view of the news, noting that in the short term the subsidy will prevent a "beyond-doomsday" scenario.
December 21, 2020
Transit agencies discuss plans for possible “Armageddon” funding scenario
“In the previous [2008] doomsday budget, our deficit was in the neighborhood of $100 million,” CTA president Dorval Carter said. “This is Armageddon-type stuff."
November 25, 2020
