Articles filed under CTA
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Transit predictions for 2021: Air travel rebounds, Metra has 'existentialist' crisisDec 28, 2020 4:30 am - Uncertain what 2021 will bring after a year of empty Metra trains, roads, airports and state coffers, thanks to COVID-19? Fear not. Five experts have gazed into their cr...
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Don't expect public transit to bounce back to 'normal' when COVID-19 retreatsMay 18, 2020 5:30 am - Currently, Metra is at 3% of its ridership, the CTA is at 20% and Pace is at 33% thanks to COVID-19. Revenues are in a free-fall. Yet, Metra Executive Director Jim Derwi...
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Coronavirus: What O'Hare, Metra, CTA are doing amid COVID-19 fearsMar 02, 2020 4:30 am - The idea of a coronavirus outbreak shutting down airports, trains and buses — as occurred in Wuhan, China, in January — seems improbable in the suburbs. But as the world...
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Report paints dire picture of services for disabled and elderly transit ridersDec 02, 2019 12:00 am - People with disabilities and the elderly are often "stranded and isolated" in their homes because of meager transit options, a Metropolitan Planning Council report finds...
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Another construction weekend on the O'Hare Blue LineMay 03, 2019 1:00 am - Some suburbanites traveling on the CTA's O'Hare Blue Line this weekend will get a bonus bus shuttle ride. The Chicago Transit Authority is upgrading track and signals be...
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Cause of CTA derailment near O'Hare station probedApr 11, 2019 1:00 am - Chicago Transit Authority officials are investigating what caused a Blue Line derailment Wednesday evening between Rosemont and O'Hare International Airport. The Chicago...
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1 injured, 73 evacuated in Blue Line derailment between Rosemont and O'HareApr 10, 2019 1:00 am - A train derailment has caused the CTA Blue Line to be halted between Rosemont and O'Hare International Airport, officials say. CTA officials reported the derailment abo...
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Driver killed, 3 CTA passengers injured when Blue Line train strikes car near RosemontMar 12, 2019 1:00 am - A driver was killed and three others were injured Tuesday night when a car wound up on CTA tracks and was struck by a train near Rosemont on the Blue Line tracks near Ri...
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Transportation experts' predictions for 2018 in Chicago, suburbsDec 31, 2017 12:00 am - Goodbye to 2017, a bumpy trip for fliers, drivers and riders. Turbulence began early with a passenger being hauled off a United Airlines flight at O'Hare, and the year e...
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Here's the schedule for the CTA's Holiday TrainNov 21, 2017 10:00 pm - For many commuters in Chicago, it's the most wonderful time of year: the CTA's holiday train is back. The six-car train bedecked in lights and even Santa's sleigh will r...