Chicago Fire Department train using houses set to be demolished for Red Line extension
The condemned houses in the area of 113th Street and Princeton Avenue in Roseland were used for search and rescue drills and ...
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Transit Workers Raise Awareness of Looming $770M Budget Gap for Chicago-Area Public Transit Systems
The CTA, Metra and Pace are facing an impending budget gap when federal COVID-19 relief funding runs out next year. Transit ...
Person stabbed in downtown Chicago near Clark/Lake CTA station
A person was stabbed in downtown Chicago near the Clark/Lake CTA Blue Line stop Monday night. Initial reports indicated that ...
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Chicago transit agencies facing potential $770 million 2026 budget shortfall by spring
The lack of funding would end all weekend bus service for Pace, eliminate early morning and late evening service for Metra ...
RTA outlines ‘doomsday’ transit cuts if budget gap isn’t filled, including slashing bus and train lines
More than half of Chicago’s bus routes could be eliminated, at least parts of four “L” lines could be shut down and Metra ...
Dozens of Metra, CTA train, bus lines could be cut due to $770M budget hole: Transit officials
The Regional Transit Authority warned that COVID fund running out could lead to at least four of eight CTA train lines could close, as many as 74 of CTA’s 127 bus routes would be eliminated, leading c ...
Planetizen4d
Chicago Transit Agencies on Brink of Major Crisis
Without additional funding, regional transit agencies will be forced to cut services by 40 percent. The Regional ...
Trains8d
Chicago transit agencies paint dire picture of major service cuts
Expanding on a warning issued by Metra’s CEO earlier this month, the Chicago-area Regional Transportation Authority has ...
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‘How is this going to work?’: Transit reform advocates far apart on major issues
While proponents of separate bills to reform Chicago-area transit said they all aim for tighter security, a universal fare and seamless travel around the region, governance was a key difference at a ...
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Chicago transit 'doomsday scenario' comes into focus as region faces up to $2.6B in economic losses
The General Assembly, the authority said, needs to act by the end of the legislative session in May in order to stave off a crisis. Lawmakers grill Chicago transit leaders as clock ticks toward ...