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 ...
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 ...
RTA asks for more authority over transit to deal with looming fiscal cliiff
The agency said the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra, and Pace suburban buses—for all of which the RTA oversees finances, ...
RTA seeks expanded authority over CTA, Metra, Pace as solution to transit 'fiscal cliff'
Chicago's transit agency leaders spent the past year rejecting the idea of consolidation in exchange for more funding. The ...
Chicago Officials Pitch $1.5 Billion Plan to Fix Transit Woes
Chicago transit officials are advocating for a $1.5 billion annual funding package to help keep one of the country’s largest ...
CTA names interim president of transit agency after Dorval Carter retires
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago Transit Authority has chosen an interim president following the resignation of outgoing leader ...
Chicago Transit Authority President Dorval Carter Jr. to retire
Carter has been on the job nearly 10 years. But over the last year, pressure has been ratcheted up to remove him amid ...
Chicago Transit Authority to sign nearly $2 billion funding agreement for Red Line extension project
The idea is to do this before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, paving the way for the addition of the Far South ...
Chicago Faces Colder Temps Amid Hydrologic Warning
The drop in temperatures in Chicago has raised concerns about river ice formation, which could lead to ice jams in major waterways.
Activist calls for action as Chicago transit crime numbers jump
With the number of crimes being committed at Chicago Transit Authority stations now sharply on the rise, Violence ...
Daywatch: Donald Trump’s mass deportation pledge could test Chicago’s immigrant protections
Trump border czar Tom Homan has designated the nation’s third-largest city as ground zero for his plans to round up immigrants in the country illegally and other groups at an unprecedented scale, ...