Some transit agencies signal support of RTA's plan for increased authority as alternate to merger
Metra and Pace generally support a strengthened RTA after its chairman, Kirk Dillard, laid out a vision that requires $1.5 ...
Regional Transportation Authority warns of fiscal cliff, asks for more power over Chicago area transit
The agency said the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra, and Pace suburban buses will face a $770 million budget deficit and ...
RTA proposes more bus and train service, fare hikes and stronger central agency as lawmakers prepare to debate future of transit
CTA trains every five to 10 minutes all day and better Metra service at midday, nights and weekends. One app for fares and ...
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Daily Herald opinion: Yes, the clock is ticking: Lawmakers, don’t leave transit agencies, public waiting to last minute for budget answers
Metra Executive Director Jim Derwinski's grim warning last week to the transit agency's board of directors was in many ways a ...
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Chicago Transit Leaders Call for $1.5B Funding Package
Chicago ’s Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) is calling on state and local leaders to fund a $1.5 billion plan to keep ...
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Chicago regional transit agency wants more funding, wider authority
Chicago's Regional Transportation Authority released a plan calling for $1.5 billion in operating funding from state and ...
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Making its move: RTA proposes universal fares, more trains, cost cuts to counter merger plan
Amid a $770 million budget gap facing Metra, Pace and the CTA, and a proposal to merge the three into a supersized agency, ...
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RTA Wants Lawmakers to Boost Its Authority to Oversee, Coordinate Chicago-Area Transit
The proposal comes as the Chicago region’s transit agencies are facing down an estimated $750 million fiscal cliff next year ...
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RTA of Northern Illinois releases Transforming Transit
Transforming Transit is a $1.5 billion vision aimed at shaping the future of transit funding and governance ahead of the 2025 ...
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Chicago Agency Pitches $1.5 Billion Plan to Fix Transit Woes
The Regional Transportation Authority — a government agency that oversees finances and transit planning for the Chicago Transit Authority, the city’s commuter rail system Metra and the bus ...
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RTA pitches Springfield on $1.5B revamp to save and even enhance service
Chicago-area transit leaders are unveiling a plan they say would both avoid a sharp post-COVID reduction in service and help commuters by slashing the average wait for buses and trains in half.