Metra
Blurred lines: At three meetings this week at downtown terminals, Metra asks riders for input on renaming commuter rail routes
March 13, 2025
A better way to run a railroad: The transit reform opportunity
A combination of governance and operational reforms could deliver the transit system riders deserve
March 7, 2025
Tribune fact check double-header: Exactly which bikeways did they say replaced car lanes? And did suburban Metra fares really go up last year?
February 7, 2025
Metra’s last pre-fiscal-cliff budget proposal includes station, service improvements
Changes to North Central Service, Milwaukee West schedules are coming.
October 15, 2024
“WE NEED TO DO BETTER.” The 15-year struggle to build Metra’s Peterson/Ridge station
October 10, 2024
So good to see you: Getting stoked for passenger rail service to Rockford at one of 4 public meetings this week
September 20, 2024
What’s the fastest way from O’Hare to the DNC: CTA or Metra? The race is on!
SBC's Igor Studenkov and John Greenfield competed against each other on the Blue Line and the temporary O'Hare shuttle train.
August 21, 2024
Transit planning guru Jarrett Walker discusses CTA and Pace challenges, and the agency consolidation question
Walker, a consultant with the two systems, talks about how to improve service. He won't "disagree with their managements in public," but says he's genuinely against the proposed merger.
July 16, 2024
