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Ald. Moore insists that CTA board members who oppose Mayor Johnson’s prez pick, the alder’s ex-COS, would be “backbiting snakes”

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Living, working, and talking transit: The agency launches its new podcast “Moving Experiences: Stories of the CTA”

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Advocates asked mayor, CTA board to delay hiring new prez. Johnson reportedly had already chosen one. Special meeting ended without vote

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Transit Fiscal Cliff

Transit advocates Rep. Buckner and Nik Hunder: It’s not just a “so-called” fiscal cliff. But Trib had a point that governance changes are needed.

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Transit agencies, expert clap back at Tribune editorial calling the looming budget crisis a “so-called fiscal cliff”

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CTA: “9% increase in Blue, Yellow service started on 4/20.” Commuters Take Action: “That’s a pipe dream.”

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A trio of Red Line Extension hearings are allowing the public to “Meet the Contractor”

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CTA board approves expansion of contract for gun-detecting security cams, amends contract for universal one-day transit pass

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Dystopia or Utopia? Chicagoland transit officials discuss worst and best possible outcomes as we approach state funding deadline

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Turning (wheels) 54: Spending my birthday checking out the new 10-minute scheduled headways on the CTA’s #54 Cicero bus route