Connections Blog

This post is one in a series exploring the Agenda for Action and Advocacy in Transit is the Answer, the RTA’s new regional transit strategic plan. Together w...

Back in 1837, when Chicago officially incorporated, “Urbs in Horto” (or “City in a Garden”) was the phrase selected for the city’s budding future. Urban desi...

This post is one in a series exploring the Agenda for Action and Advocacy in Transit is the Answer, the RTA’s new regional transit strategic plan. Together w...

This post is one in a series exploring the Agenda for Action and Advocacy in Transit is the Answer, the RTA’s new regional transit strategic plan. Together w...

A major, multiyear construction project on the Kennedy Expressway stretching 7.5 miles from the junction with the Edens to Ohio Street threatens to leave dri...

This guest blog was written by Metra CEO/Executive Director Jim Derwinski. Metra has a new roadmap for the next five years, one that will take the agency in ...

Every day hundreds of thousands of residents rely on CTA and Pace buses to get them where they need to go. They connect the spokes in Chicago’s hub-and-spoke...

Twice a year the RTA publishes a Project Management Oversight (PMO) report that details major transit investments by CTA, Metra, and Pace and fulfills our ov...

The RTA’s Local Planning team provides support and funding opportunities to municipalities and transportation agencies across the region to improve transit a...

The CTA, Metra, and Pace are committed to working together to create a seamless, affordable rider experience. Beginning February 20, all newly purchased 1-Da...

March marks Women’s History Month, a time to reflect and celebrate the often-overlooked contributions of women to society, and in our instance, the women who...

Funding the second largest transit system in the country is a large and complicated task. It’s true, Chicagoland’s transit system is facing a $730 million an...