Have your say on Pace’s 2022 budget, which includes service expansion and no fare increases
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Pace says that, if approved, the budget will fund the largest service and infrastructure expansion in Pace’s history.
Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Pace
Pace launches campaign to attract riders, restores some pre-pandemic service
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As Pace takes its first steps toward reversing some of its pandemic-related service cuts, it’s launching an ad campaign to bring riders back.
RTA’s new capital funding formula prioritizes existing assets, speed over innovation
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The RTA board unanimously approved a new formula for splitting capital funding between the CTA, Metra, and Pace, emphasizing fixing and upgrading their existing assets and funding projects that promote equity.
Proposed Pace strategic plan puts emphasis on express buses, ridership metrics
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The vision of Pace’s future outlined in its proposed new strategic vision plan emphasizes express services along highways and Pulse Arterial Rapid Transit services along major corridors.
RTA survey: Most people who stopped commuting by transit during COVID plan to return
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About 80 percent of respondents who weren't riding buses and trains on a frequent basis said they planned to to return to their pre-pandemic commuting habits once worries about the coronavirus ease.
Active Transportation Alliance, transit officials discuss suburban transportation challenges
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The shortcomings of Chicago area public transit are self-evident to any suburban transit rider who has ever tried to get anywhere but the Loop.
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?
Pace and CTA pitch in on COVID-19 testing and vaccination efforts
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Pace announced yesterday that it's teaming up with the city of Chicago to make it easier for paratransit users to safely access COVID-19 testing sites. Meanwhile, the CTA provided an update on efforts to vaccinate its workers.
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 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.