Articles filed under CTA
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Transit ambassadors, lighting and interventions. How public transit might get safer in Chicago areaMar 01, 2024 8:09 pm - Chicago area transit leaders, advocacy groups and national experts brainstormed ways to improve security and prevent crime on trains and buses this week. “We believe that...
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Illinois is the only state with age-based tests and seniors are not happyDec 18, 2023 8:01 am - Describing the policy as anywhere from “unfair” to “terrible,” numerous Illinois drivers are fired up about living in the only state requiring seniors to take road tests....
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More questions after NTSB report on CTA crashDec 16, 2023 12:11 am - Operator acted correctly, but braking and mysterious material on rails are outliers, expert says.
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What caused CTA train crash? Braking glitches, 'communications meltdown' questionedNov 28, 2023 5:23 am - From braking system flaws to questions over why a massive snowplow sat on a Yellow Line track as a CTA train approached, perplexities keep surfacing about a Nov. 16 cras...
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38 hurt in CTA train crash in ChicagoNov 17, 2023 9:51 am - A CTA train crash Thursday morning in Chicago injured 38 people and sent 23 of them to the hospital, authorities said. The National Transportation Safety Board is invest...
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New transit plan clears first hurdle. Next stop, SpringfieldOct 13, 2023 8:59 am - A plan that could raise taxes to rescue regional transit from a “fiscal cliff” and merge Metra, Pace and the CTA is now in the hands of state lawmakers. Members of the C...
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Metra dubious about idea of merging with Pace and CTASep 21, 2023 11:45 pm - The original version of this article incorrectly quoted CMAP official Laura Wilkison. She said, "the cost of inaction is greater than the cost of action." A big, h...
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Merge Metra, Pace, CTA into a mega-agency? CMAP suggests massive changes, but there's pushbackSep 14, 2023 1:52 pm - Rescuing transit from a fiscal free fall could require higher taxes or fees and possibly kneading Metra, Pace and the CTA into one mega-agency, Chicago Metropolitan Agen...
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RTA safety summit hits nerve with concerned CTA, Metra ridersAug 15, 2023 6:59 am - Do riders feel safe on public transit? It depends, CTA and Metra users said at a recent forum, listing concerns including crime, boozy passengers and being abandoned on ...
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What commuters need to know about the proposed new Metra fares, zonesJul 04, 2023 7:50 am - On June 21, Metra leaders rolled out a revolutionary proposal to revamp fares and downsize its zone system. But interviews with BNSF Line riders Wednesday generated a co...
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