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RTA Introducing New Signs To Help Riders Find Transfers
If you have ever become lost trying to transfer between Metra, CTA and Pace, the RTA has heard your complaint, and is trying to do something about it.
RTA May Cut Back On Live Call Center Hours
The RTA’s Travel Information Center gets more than 5.3 million calls a year, but it may trim the center’s hours.
Illinois Transit Agencies To Fight Against Guns On Buses, Trains
The state’s mass transit agencies say they are willing to go to the mat with the National Rifle Association over concealed guns aboard trains and buses.
Suit: United Operates ‘Sham’ Office To Avoid Taxes
The Regional Transportation Authority is taking United Airlines to court.
RTA Boss Apologizes For Calling Paratransit ‘Limousine Service’
The chairman of the Regional Transportation Authority has made a public apology for using the term “limousine service” to describe the agency’s paratransit service for the disabled.
Metra, CTA, Pace Could Be Closer To Universal Fare System
Metra, the CTA and Pace have never had a fully compatible ticketing system, but technology may make it possible in time to meet a 2015 legislative mandate.
CTA, Metra, Pace Gang Up On RTA Over Consolidations
When Regional Transportation Authority Chairman John Gates wrote last week urging the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pace to work more closely together, he wasn’t anticipating the collaboration that resulted.
RTA To Weigh Money-Saving Consolidations Of CTA, Metra, Pace Operations
The chairman of the Regional Transportation Authority is floating a proposal he says could save taxpayers as much as $150 million a year.
Metra Mulls Extension To Oswego, Outside RTA Service Area
Metra doesn’t have enough money to fix what’s breaking, But that’s not stopping the commuter rail agency from studying a possible extension in the far southwest suburbs.
RTA Already Replacing Thousands Of New Senior Fare Cards
The Regional Transportation Authority’s new senior half-fare cards have only been in use since Labor Day, but it is already replacing hundreds each week.
RTA Boss Backs CTA Plan To Change Work Rules
The head of the Regional Transportation Authority said Thursday that he backs the CTA’s decision to demand major changes to work rules — and impose fare hikes and service cuts if talks fail.
Free Public Transit Rides For Seniors End At Midnight
The program that has allowed all Illinois seniors to ride public transit for free will come to an end at midnight Wednesday night.
RTA To Spend $435,000 For Customer Satisfaction Survey
The Regional Transportation Authority will spend $435,000 in scarce funds to find out how pleased riders are with the CTA, Metra and Pace.
RTA: New Reduced Fare Cards Have Been Sent
The Regional Transportation Authority is reminding eligible seniors if they have not received their reduced fare transit cards, they should contact the RTA’s customer service center.
New Law Allows Buses To Drive In I-55 Shoulder
Don’t be surprised when you see Pace buses driving along the shoulder of the Stevenson Expressway this fall.
CTA Won’t Impose Fare Hike–For Now
The CTA won’t raise fares for the rest of 2011, but is making no promises beyond that.
New Transit Fare Cards Arriving For Seniors
New fare cards have begun to arrive from the RTA for more than 427,000 Chicago area senior citizens in the next few days.
New Transit Cards Going Out For Low-Income Seniors
New RTA fare cards are going out to 427,000 Chicago-area seniors sooner than expected.
State Pays Nearly $100M Owed To Transit Agencies
The state of Illinois is coughing up some of the money it owes to the Chicago area’s transit agencies.
RTA: Emergency Fare Hikes, Service Cuts May Be Around The Corner
The Regional Transportation Authority is warning that the CTA, Metra and Pace may have to undertake emergency fare hikes and service cuts as soon as next month.
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