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Free Public Transit Rides For Seniors End At Midnight
Updated 08/31/11 – 8:40 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — The program that has allowed all Illinois seniors to ride public transit for free will come to an end at midnight Wednesday night. But will it really...
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RTA Boss Backs CTA Plan To Change Work Rules
CHICAGO (CBS) – 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...
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RTA Already Replacing Thousands Of New Senior Fare Cards
CHICAGO (CBS) – 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. As WBBM Newsradio’s Bob Roberts...
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RTA To Weigh Money-Saving Consolidations Of CTA, Metra, Pace Operations
CHICAGO (CBS) — The chairman of the Regional Transportation Authority is floating a proposal he says could save taxpayers as much as $150 million a year. As WBBM Newsradio’s Pat Cassidy reports, a...
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CTA, Metra, Pace Gang Up On RTA Over Consolidations
CHICAGO (CBS) — 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...
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Metra, CTA, Pace Could Be Closer To Universal Fare System
CHICAGO (CBS) – 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. The RTA has talked about a...
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RTA Boss Apologizes For Calling Paratransit ‘Limousine Service’
Updated 10/24/12 – 1:13 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — The chairman of the Regional Transportation Authority has made a public apology for using the term “limousine service” to describe the agency’s paratransit...
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Suit: United Operates ‘Sham’ Office To Avoid Taxes
CHICAGO (CBS) – The Regional Transportation Authority is taking United Airlines to court. The RTA says the Chicago-based carrier claims it buys large quantities of fuel through a small office in...
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Illinois Transit Agencies To Fight Against Guns On Buses, Trains
(CBS) — 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. play pause Illinois Transit Agencies To...
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RTA May Cut Back On Live Call Center Hours
CHICAGO (CBS) — The RTA’s Travel Information Center gets more than 5.3 million calls a year — but it may trim the center’s hours. For years, the center has had 30 live, local operators on duty 20 hours...
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RTA Introducing New Signs To Help Riders Find Transfers
CHICAGO (CBS) — 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. play pause RTA Introducing New...
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RTA Joins Other Transit Agencies For ‘Dump The Pump Day’
CHICAGO (CBS) — Be a rider, not a driver. That’s the message today from the Regional Transportation Authority on the annual “Dump the Pump Day, reports WBBM’s Terry Keshner. play pause RTA Joins Other...
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BGA Questions $750K ‘Golden Parachute’ For Former Metra Boss
play pause BGA Questions Severance Package For Metra CEO WBBM Newsradio's John Cody CHICAGO (CBS) – A government watchdog group wants the Regional Transportation Authority to look into why former...
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RTA Wants Answers On Former Metra CEO’s Severance Package
CHICAGO (CBS) — The Regional Transportation Authority board has called Metra’s chairman to appear at a special meeting July 10 to discuss the decision by the commuter rail agency’s board to approval a...
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Bill Daley Wants To Eliminate RTA
CHICAGO (CBS) – Democratic candidate for governor Bill Daley said the Regional Transportation Authority – which oversees the finances of CTA, Pace and Metra – has reached the end of the line, and...
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Quinn Says RTA Culpable In Metra Scandals
Governor joins Secy of State Jesse White before he signs three traffic safety laws. (Credit: Craig Dellimore) CHICAGO (CBS) – Governor Quinn says that in the wake of the patronage and executive...
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Resignations Have RTA Head Pleading For New Appointees To Metra Board
CHICAGO (CBS) — After, another resignation from the Metra Board, the head of the Regional Transportation Authority is pleading with suburban official to appoint members to fill all the empty seats....
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CTA Chairman Claypool Says Agency Not In Need Of Shake Up
CHICAGO (CBS) – Although the newest appointee to the CTA’s governing board suddenly backed out in the past week, the CTA’s President says any upcoming agency shake up should leave his agency out. CTA...
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RTA Audit Says Settlement With Former CEO “Flawed”
CHICAGO (CBS) – The Regional Transportation Authority is putting the finishing touches on a sharply critical audit of former Metra CEO Alex Clifford’s severance agreement – and says the commuter rail...
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Task Force Gets To Work To Fix Illinois Public Transit Problems
CHICAGO (CBS) — Governor Pat Quinn’s transit task force has morphed from checking up on Metra to designing a transit system that’s the envy of the world after a few local issues are settled. John Cody...
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After More Quarreling, RTA Board Keeps Historic Funding Levels Intact
CHICAGO (CBS) – Two months of quarrels over a who should get a $180 million dollar slice of the Chicago area’s transit budget ended Wednesday much the way it began, and not everyone was happy with the...
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RTA Chief Calls For Ventra Audit
CHICAGO (CBS) — The chairman of the Regional Transportation Authority said Wednesday the problems with the Ventra fare card system amount to “systemic failure,” not just “a computer glitch.” And he...
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RTA Chairman Orders Review Of Metra Performance In Wake Of Cold Weather Problems
(CBS) — Metra has begun a self-examination of its performance in this month’s snow and bitter cold, even as the Regional Transportation Authority orders its own review. RTA Chairman John Gates said...
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Despite Unclear Future, RTA Signs $5 Million Ad Campaign
(CBS) — The Regional Transportation Authority may not even be around in a few months, yet it has just signed a 38-month, $5 million advertising contract targeting markets that have eluded the area’s...
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Kirk Dillard Elected RTA Chairman
CHICAGO (CBS) — The Regional Transportation Authority is shifting gears – from a developer as its board chairman to a politician and attorney who actually rides mass transit regularly. State Sen. Kirk...
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RTA Chairman Kirk Dillard Scrutinizes Metra Conductor Salaries
(CBS) — The head of the Chicago’s areas umbrella transit agency recommends Metra follow up reports that many of its locomotive engineers conductors bring home over $100,000 a year, reports WBBM’s John...
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CTA Blames Red Line Construction, Fewer School Days For Decline In Ridership
(CBS) — CTA bus ridership is down and the transit agency is offering a lot of reasons why. CTA, Metra and Pace all say the polar vortex drove away riders for much of the winter. But CTA Vice...
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Overall, Most Mass Transit Users Satisfied With Service
(CBS) — There’s some restlessness, but overall, Chicago-area mass transit users remain satisfied with service overall, despite delays, breakdowns, crowding and fare hikes. The key indicators in the...
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Wishful Thinking? RTA Anticipates Funding Increases From Illinois State Budget
(CBS) — The Regional Transportation Authority is making a leap of faith by projecting a small increase in state funding for the CTA, Metra and Pace in the coming year. The figures released Thursday,...
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Chicago Area Transit Officials Increasingly Anxious As State Budget Impasse...
(CBS) — Chicago-area transit officials sound increasingly anxious over the inability to legislative leaders and the governor to reach agreement on a state budget. The Regional Transportation...
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RTA Head Says Chicago Area Needs To Invest More In Public Transit
(CBS) — The head of the Regional Transportation Authority believes the public will understand the need for more public transit money when they hear what the money is buying, reports WBBM Political...
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Wrigleyville Businesses Cashing In On Cubs Victory
CHICAGO (CBS) – The Cubs tied up the series and businesses are scoring big, thanks to the team’s success. After the famine of 71 years of baseball futility, businesses are cashing in on feast that is...
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RTA Boss Isn’t Worried A Trump Administration Will Harm Rail Here
(CBS) — The CTA is rushing to get federal financing in place for its Red-Purple Modernization Project before President Obama leaves office. But the head of the Regional Transportation Authority asks,...
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RTA Chief Warns: Illinois Could Lose Federal Dollars For Red Line Extension
(CBS) — The head of the Regional Transportation Authority warned Wednesday that the CTA’s proposed Red Line extension faces a roadblock, should the Trump administration’s budget proposals become law....
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RTA Worrying About State’s Backlog In Public Transportation Funding
CHICAGO (CBS) — The Regional Transportation Authority is beginning to worry about its ballooning backlog in funding from the state’s Public Transportation Fund — and what it could mean for CTA, Metra...
View ArticleRTA: More Train Troubles Possible Without State Funding
CHICAGO (CBS) — The head of the Regional Transportation Authority says more Metra service interruptions and other transit problems are a certainty if the state does not come up with a lot more money...
View ArticleRTA To Give Final Approval To Fare Hikes At CTA, Metra, Pace
CHICAGO (CBS) — Today is the day that pending fare increases at the CTA, Metra and Pace are expected to win final approval. The Regional Transportation Authority board is the last stop for fare...
View ArticleRTA Approves Fare Hikes At CTA, Metra, Pace
CHICAGO (CBS) — The RTA board approved Thursday fare increases for CTA, Metra and Pace as part of the 2018 Regional Transit Operating Budget. The Regional Transportation Authority board was the last...
View ArticleWindow Closing For Trump Infrastructure Plan, RTA Boss Warns
(WBBM Newsradio) — The head of the Regional Transportation Authority board says time is running out if Illinois wants to cash in on the Trump administration’s infrastructure program. He would begin...
View ArticleMetra Mulls Extension To Oswego, Outside RTA Service Area
CHICAGO (CBS) — 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. The extension...
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