Chicago transit agencies warn of drastic cuts in face of looming $770 million budget shortfall
The Regional Transportation Authority, the umbrella agency overseeing CTA, Metra, and Pace, is calling the situation ...
With Chicago's mass transit system on the fiscal precipice, what solutions are on the table?
State lawmakers remain focused on reforming Chicago mass transit as they discuss two bills to either merge the agencies or ...
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As Chicago transit cliff nears, call made for services tax
As Chicago transit agencies and Illinois lawmakers near a deadline to fix a transit budget shortfall of about $770 million, ...
Chicago selling vacant land to spur redevelopment across city
The city of Chicago began selling $26 million worth of vacant land this week with the goal of having the properties ...
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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Work begins on $25M project to make CTA Green Line Austin station ADA-compliant
ramp and other improvements will be coming to a renovated Austin station on the Chicago Transit Authority’s Green Line as part of a $25 million reconstruction project and an agency commitment to ...
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 ...
Transit riders decry potential cuts to CTA, Metra, Pace at RTA board meeting
The RTA, which coordinates the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pace, is facing a $770 million fiscal cliff next year ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
Lawmakers' options to avoid public transit cuts
Using ‘flex funds’: One of the quickest ways to find money may be to redirect the state’s federal highway funds to public ...