Articles filed under CTA
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Masks on trains and planes, still? TSA policy decision coming soonMar 07, 2022 4:00 am - As COVID-19 cases decline and face mask rules disappear, public transportation is the final frontier. But that could change next week. A U.S. Transportation Security Adm...
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Chicago plans monumental O'Hare redo, and the FAA wants your thoughts on itMay 31, 2021 5:30 am - The Federal Aviation Administration is scrutinizing Chicago's monumental plan to build a new global terminal at O'Hare International Airport, punch a hole in its west si...
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COVID-19 relief will give $1.5B to transit. How much will go to Metra, Pace, CTA?Mar 29, 2021 5:30 am - After months of fiscal anxiety, Metra, Pace and the CTA have stepped away from the financial cliff with an estimated $1.5 billion COVID-19 relief federal bailout coming ...
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You can comment on RTA's plan to shift a bigger share of COVID relief to CTAFeb 18, 2021 12:00 am - A one-time exception is how Regional Transportation Authority leaders on Thursday characterized a plan to channel to the Chicago Transit Authority a portion of federal C...
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Metra leaders upset by plan to give CTA a bigger share of COVID-19 reliefFeb 17, 2021 12:00 am - A new Regional Transportation Authority formula to distribute federal COVID-19 relief funds raised Metra directors' hackles Wednesday after learning the plan will give a...
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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...