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Public outcry against proposed cuts to Chicago-area transit system
Proposed cuts would result in 500,000 riders losing access to nearby bus routes and entire neighborhoods severed from rail ...
Joe Ferguson: How Chicago transit is governed requires reform before the state rescues it with cash
For years, poor governance has doomed the Chicago region to an inefficient transit system that fails to adequately serve its ...
Crain's Chicago Business3dOpinion
Opinion: A city in motion needs a transit authority that moves, too
Without urgent state funding, Chicago’s transit system faces deep cuts—putting the future of the Loop and the city’s economy ...
Letters: To save mass transit in the Chicago region, we must think long term
Travel needs have changed since COVID-19, but cities around the world have increased transit ridership by serving many trips ...
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Clock counting down to secure state funding before drastic service cuts to CTA, Metra, Pace
A warning has been issued to anyone who takes public transportation in Chicago — with ... to our employees, and to transit advocates — which ensures our system is designed to deliver reliable ...
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Former Chicago alderman ID’d as man who draped coat over sleeping train passenger
CHICAGO (WGN) — A former alderman has caught social media praise after being identified as the man who reportedly draped his coat across a sleeping passenger aboard a Chicago Transit Authority L ...
A century ago, suspended monorails were serious mass-transit contenders
Suspended monorail, or aero-railways, looked set to take off in the early 1900s. One hundred years later, only a few still ...
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Former Chicago alderman ID’d as man who draped coat over sleeping train passenger
CHICAGO (WGN) — A former city alderman is being praised on social media after being identified as the man who reportedly draped his coat across a sleeping passenger aboard a Chicago Transit ...