Make Infrastructure a Priority in Illinois
Infrastructure isn’t sexy. Roads and highways, trains and buses; these are not topics known to elicit a lot of excitement. National Infrastructure Week, May ...
May 14, 2018
Invest in Transit’s Priority Projects: CTA
Imagine you’re a homeowner whose home has been around for close to a century. Naturally, it needs a lot of upkeep. The roof needs new shingles, the appliance...
May 10, 2018
What is Transit Oriented Development?
["This year marks the 20th anniversary of the RTA’s Community Planning program, and the RTA’s involvement in community planning as it relates to public trans...
May 4, 2018
Video: Metra developing and installing Positive Train Control
Did you know Metra has spent more money developing and installing the Positive Train Control (PTC) safety system than it has raised in fare increases in the ...
May 1, 2018
Invest in Transit: Transit is the Core of Mobility
Mobility. It’s in our nature to move and these days we have more options than ever to take us from point A to point B. People now have a plethora of options ...
Apr 30, 2018
Transit Pros of the Future Clock In: Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day 2018
All of us at the RTA want to thank our colleagues at Metra for hosting our kids (and us) for Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day 2018! Working in transi...
Apr 26, 2018
It’s Earth Week, Go Green and Save Some Green with Public Transit!
This week, we’re joining CTA, Metra and Pace to celebrate Earth Week, which begins with Earth Day on Sunday, April 22. One of the best ways to celebrate Ear...
Apr 23, 2018
Regional Public Transit System Ranks High Among Peers
Today we released two reports that focus on how the Chicago region's transit agencies perform in comparison to their peers: the 2016 Regional Peer Review and...
Apr 19, 2018
It’s Tax Day. We’re here to make your commute a little less taxing.
On Tax Day, the RTA is reminding riders about a tax benefit that is good news for both employers and employees: the RTA Transit Benefit Fare Program. This pr...
Apr 17, 2018
Announcing the 2018 Access to Transit Program Call for Projects
We are excited to announce that the call for projects for the RTA’s Access to Transit program is now open. The RTA launched the Access to Transit program in ...
Apr 16, 2018
RTA’s Kristen Salkas Wins Fellowship to Help Disability Community
We are pleased to announce that the RTA’s own Kristen Salkas, a Mobility Outreach Coordinator, has received the prestigious Dwight David Eisenhower Transport...
Apr 13, 2018
The Solution to Congestion? Public Transit.
I applaud Crain’s story “What's making traffic worse in Chicago? Signs point to Uber, Lyft” (3/19). We all see the ride-hailing company logos in car rear wi...
Apr 10, 2018
