Articles filed under CTA
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CTA chief announces exit amid funding woesJan 13, 2025 10:47 am - CTA President Dorval Carter, who oversaw projects like the Red Line extension, is retiring. He faced pressure to step down over issues like ridership drops and crime.
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What will happen in the air, on roads and with public transit in 2025?Jan 05, 2025 9:00 pm - More drones? Service cuts on transit? A port renaissance? Experts give New Year’s transportation predictions.
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‘Praying that he was still alive’: No closure on anniversary of Yellow Line crashNov 24, 2024 9:00 am - The terror from a CTA train-snowplow crash a year ago is still raw but the cause remains elusive.
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Transit’s fiscal cliff gets steeper as leaders warn of ‘death spiral’Nov 22, 2024 5:57 pm - Metra, Pace and the CTA delivered their 2025 budgets to the RTA Friday but the big issue is a mega-million shortfall.
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CTA shrugging off pandemic service lows; how about Metra and Pace?Nov 04, 2024 6:53 pm - The CTA is touting its comeback from COVID-19. How do Metra and Pace stack up?
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How much of your county’s transit sales tax dollars are going to transportation? It ranges from 3% to 100%Oct 20, 2024 9:00 pm - While some counties use all of their RTA sales tax for transportation, others channel millions into public safety.
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Goodbye trains, hello gridlock — will transit cash crunch spell big-time cuts?Sep 15, 2024 4:45 pm - What happens when Metra, Pace and the CTA hit the “fiscal cliff”? How about 30% to 40% fewer commuter trains to the suburbs.
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Shooter methodically killed 4 on Blue Line train without provocation, prosecutor saysSep 04, 2024 8:50 pm - The rampage that ended in three men and a woman shot to death on the Blue Line early Monday began in the last row of a car as the train neared the Forest Park station. St...
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Charges filed in ‘chilling’ slayings as CTA rolls out AI to detect guns, reassure ridersSep 03, 2024 12:22 pm - CTA Blue Line shootings occur as agency battles concerns about safety on the system.
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What Senate leaders learned on summer road trip, as transit mega merger loomsSep 01, 2024 7:09 pm - Barely there bus service and fears of a power grab. Here’s what state senators learned when they visited the suburbs this summer to discuss transit amid talks of mega merger.