Articles filed under Pace
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Will $600,000 sell suburbs on transit?Jan 15, 2014 12:09 pm - RTA leaders hope $600,000 will sell DuPage County commuters on transit. The agency will be buying radio ads and paying a consulting firm to coordinate a marketing campai...
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Pace adds incentive to Ventra cardsNov 14, 2013 2:07 pm - Commuters can walk away with $2 in Pace rides on a new Ventra card starting next week. Pace staff members will hand out the Ventra cards from Monday to Dec. 6 at nine su...
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Des Plaines railroad bridge among projects to get federal fundsNov 12, 2013 9:00 am - Thinking outside the box earned 51 local governments and agencies a collective $286 million in federal cash for projects that reduce pollution and ease gridlock in the c...
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Ventra deadline pushed backNov 05, 2013 1:32 pm - After a chorus of disapproval from some riders frustrated with glitches in using Pace and the CTA’s new fare system Ventra, the two agencies are pushing back a deadline ...
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RTA grants will combat reliance on carsNov 04, 2013 12:15 pm - The Regional Transportation Authority is distributing $360,000 in grants for 10 projects that entice suburbanites out of their cars and into Pace buses or Metra trains, ...
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Are suburbs getting short end of transit stick?Oct 28, 2013 5:00 am - If you pay $4.50 in tax for a sweater at Oakbrook Center, should some of that money go toward a midmorning Metra train on the BNSF? Or should a portion pay for a faster ...
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Changes coming to Pace with Ventra transitionOct 25, 2013 2:12 pm - Pace riders will face some changes as the agency shifts over to a new fare system called Ventra. The CTA is partnering with Pace on Ventra, which will replace current ti...
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Pace working through Ventra issuesOct 08, 2013 6:13 pm - In response to first-time Ventra customers’ frustration about long waits on customer service phone lines and uncooperative websites, Pace officials said Tuesday they are...
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Decision looms on senior buses in Grafton, Rutland townshipsOct 05, 2013 11:00 pm - Rutland Township never had to shuttle their senior and disabled residents around because Grafton Township always did it for them — for free. But after six years, budget...
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Transit agencies lay out differences to panelSep 25, 2013 6:59 pm - Give us more power, merge all four agencies, or leave us alone were among the conflicting arguments presented by Metra, Pace, the CTA and the Regional Transportation Aut...