Metra
We completed a Metra + bike trip to a Wisconsin-style supper club with relish (trays)
Plus a discussion of why at many Metra stations, if you're not a daily commuter, it can be maddeningly non-obvious which platform you need to wait on.
April 21, 2025
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
