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At RTA board meeting, Executive Director Redden discussed lessons from Asia, the move to NITA, and improving bike-ped access to transit
As far as I'm concerned, today's presentation by Regional Transportation Authority Executive Director Leanne Redden at the agency's monthly board meeting was this week's second biggest news story about an Australia native. The biggest headline was country musician and Nicole Kidman ex-husband Keith Urban's puzzling performance of Chappell Roan's LGBTQ anthem "Pink Pony Club" for Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago compound.
November 20, 2025
Rockin’ the suburbs: Brainstorming ideas to improve bus and train service in the ‘burbs at RTA’s summit
The Regional Transportation Authority, the agency that oversees the CTA, Metra, and Pace, held a Suburban Transit Summit on Thursday, October 24, to gather support and feedback to improve services. The event took place at the Metropolis Ballroom in Arlington Heights, a stone's throw from the Metra Union Pacific Northwest line's Arlington Heights station.
October 29, 2024
Uncharted territory: RTA leaders discuss how Chicago transit will survive COVID-19
How with the CTA, Pace, and Metra transport more people to work when the state reopens, while maintaining social distance, with a lot less money? That remains to be seen.
May 21, 2020
Chicago-Area Transit Chiefs Talk About the Future of Regional Transportation
The RTA, CTA, Pace, and Metra leaders discussed challenges and opportunities at a Metropolitan Planning Council roundtable.
July 31, 2018
A Plan to Fill the Hole in Rosemont’s Heart
The northwest suburban village of Rosemont has always been divided by busy transportation routes that funnel people through a crossroads. Occupying the geographic center of the town is a giant interchange, where the Kennedy Expressway, the Jane Addams (Northwest) Tollway, the Tri-State Tollway, and the I-190 spur to O'Hare Airport tangle over 300 acres of land -- an area larger than Grant Park and Millennium Park combined. Overhead, a steady stream of jets roar into O'Hare. CTA Blue Line trains roll down the Kennedy's median, toward the airport or a CTA facility within the interchange.
April 21, 2014