Chicago Officials Pitch $1.5 Billion Plan to Fix Transit Woes
Chicago transit officials are advocating for a $1.5 billion annual funding package to help keep one of the country’s largest ...
WBEZ9h
RTA seeks expanded authority over CTA, Metra, Pace as solution to transit 'fiscal cliff'
Chicago's transit agency leaders spent the past year rejecting the idea of consolidation in exchange for more funding. The ...
Extensive delays expected on Metra Rock Island Line after train hits vehicle near Robbins
Extensive delays are expected on the Metra Rock Island Line Monday afternoon, after a train hit a vehicle, the commuter rail said. Train No. 419, scheduled to arrive in Joliet at 4:02 p.m., is now ...
Drivers raise concerns about Norwood Park intersection after woman killed in Metra train crash
Lorene Wilson, a 69-year-old Chicagoan, was killed. Bruscato questions the safety of the intersection, saying it is the same ...
Courthouse News Service3y
Union Pacific gets green light to cut services on three busy Chicago commuter rail lines
It plans to continue offering freight service and merely wishes to stop providing the services it provides in connection with Metra’s commuter passenger service. Nor does Union Pacific plan to ...
Man killed by Metra train near Waukegan-North Chicago border
The man was hit by a commuter train on the Union Pacific North Line that was inbound to Chicago and had originated in Kenosha, Wisconsin, a Metra spokesperson said.
Daily Herald29d
Protect public transit
Transportation systems in the Chicago area face a severe crisis, with a projected budget deficit for the CTA, Metra ... bought one commuter card that gave me passage on commuter rail, rapid ...