Articles filed under Metra
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Metra trains to roll through Bartlett normally TuesdayOct 21, 2013 4:00 pm - Crash Monday sent two people to hospital
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Metra up to full steam, facing financial crossroadsOct 18, 2013 11:00 am - New board directors at Metra, up to full strength after an exodus this summer, waded into funding issues Friday after a budget presentation that projected no fare increa...
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Task force: transit agencies selfish, scandal-riddenOct 16, 2013 2:00 pm - Systemic corruption, turf wars and inefficiencies are dragging down the region's transit agencies, a scathing report by a state task force concludes. “Portions of the tr...
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Bartlett Metra parking lot partly closed Oct. 17-25Oct 15, 2013 4:13 pm - A portion of the Bartlett Metra commuter parking lot will be closed from Thursday, Oct. 17, until Friday, Oct. 25, for concrete work, resurfacing and restriping. Commute...
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Transit funding spat resolved; consultant says status quo not workingOct 15, 2013 10:49 am - Editor’s note: This story was updated to correct the amount of the discretionary funds. After weeks of feuding, the Regional Transportation Authority, Metra, Pace and th...
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Can task force solve feud between Metra, Pace, CTA?Oct 02, 2013 5:00 pm - Members of a state task force got an earful from transit leaders about funding dysfunction and rivalries over a shrinking revenue pie Wednesday. Gov. Pat Quinn's panel i...
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Former CTA lawyer from Wilmette heads to Metra boardOct 02, 2013 9:27 am - A retired Chicago Transit Authority attorney from Wilmette is the next new Metra board member. Cook County commissioners agreed Wednesday to sendJohn Plante of Wilmette ...
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Metra board hopefuls put on show for commissionersOct 02, 2013 5:15 am - In a twist from the status quo, the public had a front seat to hear testimony from applicants seeking two openings on the troubled Metra board Tuesday before Cook County...
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CTA veteran moving to Metra board as Preckwinkle’s choiceSep 30, 2013 12:12 pm - Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle picked a former CTA conductor and executive to take a seat on the troubled Metra board Monday. Retired transit manager Romayne Bro...
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RTA spending more than $670,000 on spin controlSep 30, 2013 5:00 am - An August Regional Transportation Authority audit scolded Metra for hiring PR consultants, but the agency isn't practicing what it preaches. Records show the RTA has sp...