Most people in Chicagoland can access COVID vaccination sites via transit
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How do we make it easier for people across the region to access vaccinations without driving?
Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Metra
Metra, Loop building managers join forces to promote safe return to in-person work
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"There’s no collaborative tool that can replace in-person networking," Metra CEO Jim Derwinski insisted. "You can’t build a company culture on a video call.”
How COVID-19 impacted has Chicagoland public transportation workers
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, at least 1,874 Chicago area transit workers tested positive for the disease, at least 14 had to be hospitalized and at least 14 passed away.
Metra looks back at 2020 ridership, ticket sales as it plans for the future
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Essential workers, transit-dependent residents, and bicyclists have made up a higher percentage of riders during the pandemic.
Metra is unhappy about the RTA focusing stimulus funds on transit-dependent areas
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The CTA would get $361 million, while Metra would get only $83 million, and Pace would get $22 million for fixed-route bus service, plus $20 million for paratransit.
Local transit agencies: CDC mask mandate will give our existing rules more teeth
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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.
Metra hints that it may eventually move to a less 9-to-5-focused train schedule
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A "regional rail" scheme, with more frequent service during non-rush hours, would make the network more useful non-white collar workers, as well as non-work commutes.
Is the Metra-Union Pacific feud impacting onboard safety and quality of life?
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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.
RTA plans to focus federal COVID stimulus funding to transit-dependent areas
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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.
Metra board chooses new modern passenger rail cars to replace 1950s “Gallery” cars
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Metra has selected a new passenger coach design that will eventually replace the current "Gallery" cars.
On eve of South Side Metra pilot, Preckwinkle thanks advocates for “banging this drum”
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"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."
Before stimulus, advocates pushed for transparency on cuts. That’s still important.
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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.