Connections Blog

We prefer not to think of this outer wear as ugly; after all, it's in the eye of the beholder, right?  We thought we'd share a bit of  RTA holiday joy with y...

Do you remember the 90’s, the era of Michael Jordan and “must see TV,” when everyone sat down on a couch and watched Friends and Seinfeld at the same time?  ...

At this morning’s meeting, the RTA Board of Directors unanimously approved the 2017 operating budgets for the RTA, Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), Metra and...

By Chris Szmurlo, Senior Planner, RTA The RTA’s Community Planning program, established in 1998, provides the RTA with a mechanism to enable local governmen...

One of the most important functions of the RTA is to review the annual budgets of the CTA, Metra, Pace and ADA Paratransit to ensure they are balanced and co...

Anyone who runs their own business knows that finding customers can be the hardest work of all.  And, for companies who need to buy goods or services, findin...

We are pleased to report that Village of Bartlett’s recently adopted Downtown Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Plan is funded through the RTA’s Community P...

The RTA recently released two performance measure reports, the 2015 Regional Report Card and the 2015 Sub-Regional Report that measure and monitor our transi...

The RTA works with CTA, Metra, and Pace each year to perform a detailed analysis of system ridership trends in our region.  The analysis examines ridership b...

We are pleased to report that the Village of Palatine’s recently approved Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Plan is funded by the RTA’s Community Planning p...

It was my pleasure today to hear RTA Chairman Kirk Dillard speak at Chicago's City Club. Chairman Dillard is a true advocate for more funding for public tran...

Customer satisfaction surveys are now available for transit riders So, what do you think of public transportation in the Chicagoland region?  With a new roun...