Articles filed under Metra
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With 1 month left in session, lawmakers near deal on transit reformApr 30, 2025 6:19 pm - Lawmakers apparently are close to a deal to resolve one of Springfield’s most hotly contested issues this session: transit reform. Public transit agencies in Chicagoland ...
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‘Get it done. Please’: Father of teen killed by train implores Barrington officials to install safety gatesApr 29, 2025 2:11 pm - The father of Marin Lacson, the 17-year-old Barrington High School student fatally struck by a Metra train early last year, confronted Barrington trustees Monday about the slow progress installing pedestrian safety gates at the crossing where she was killed.
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Parking fees rising at Schaumburg Metra stationApr 28, 2025 12:46 pm - The cost to park in the commuter lots at the Schaumburg Metra station, 2000 S. Springinsguth Road, will increase beginning Thursday, May 1.
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‘I stared down the barrel of a gun’: Lawmakers focus on transit safety at hearingApr 22, 2025 9:12 pm - CTA workers describe violence on the job, suburban, Chicago lawmakers listen amid transit reform churn.
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‘Nobody asked questions’: Metra broadens human trafficking prevention campaignApr 16, 2025 9:07 pm - “How many kids like me have slipped through the cracks because someone ignored their gut feeling?” survivor asks.
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On the right track? Glen Ellyn village president hopefuls talk train station redoMar 27, 2025 1:28 pm - The candidates running for village president in Glen Ellyn weigh in on a proposed redesign of the downtown train station site and a pedestrian tunnel.
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‘How is this going to work?’: Transit reform advocates far apart on major issuesMar 25, 2025 8:16 pm - State lawmakers grilled proponents Tuesday about reform bills seeking to fix the transit funding crisis.
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Taxes on haircuts and miles instead of gas? Amid transit crisis, new funding ideas spring upMar 23, 2025 9:00 pm - The state could study instituting a mileage-based tax compared to the current one based on gallons of gas, under a proposal in the Illinois General Assembly.
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‘A spiral effect’: 40% service cuts estimated if Metra, Pace, CTA veer over the fiscal cliffMar 21, 2025 5:00 am - Transit funding shortfall could mean halving Metra service, but one suburban lawmaker says he won’t approve “a dime” without reforms.
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Where’s my Metra train? Railroad updates progress of installing digital signs, ticket machinesMar 20, 2025 9:51 am - Metra hopes to have a new train tracking sign at every station by the end of the first quarter of 2026.