Metra
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
Tribune fact check double-header: Exactly which bikeways did they say replaced car lanes? And did suburban Metra fares really go up last year?
Metra’s last pre-fiscal-cliff budget proposal includes station, service improvements
Changes to North Central Service, Milwaukee West schedules are coming.
“WE NEED TO DO BETTER.” The 15-year struggle to build Metra’s Peterson/Ridge station
So good to see you: Getting stoked for passenger rail service to Rockford at one of 4 public meetings this week
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.
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.
How can we avoid fiscal derailment? Transit agencies, chambers of commerce take opposite sides on the consolidation debate
RTA, CTA, Metra, and Pace chiefs said they need more funding but are opposed to unification. The chamber leaders said the agencies shouldn't get one without the other.
CTA, Metra, and Pace ridership have been recovering this year, but still have a long way to go to reach pre-COVID-19 levels.
The Regional Transportation Authority recently discussed the bright sides of the local bus and train picture. But looming in the background is the $730 million Chicagoland transit fiscal cliff.
