Connections Blog

By Brian Hacker, AICP We are happy to announce that the RTA will be hosting our fourth annual Planning Workshop in partnership with DePaul University’s Chad...

Today the Governor unveiled his annual budget proposal, and since public investment is on the top of everyone’s mind, it’s probably a good time to talk about...

  Every day, people take the train or bus to get to work, go out to eat, run errands, but how about falling in love? We have a love story that features one...

By Nadine Lacombe, General Counsel I am the RTA’s General Counsel and the first woman of African descent to hold this position (something that truthfully I‘...

The Libertyville Village Board unanimously adopted a new plan to further advance transit-oriented development (TOD) in the downtown area surrounding its Metr...

All great cities and regions have robust transit systems, and those that don’t are racing to build them. Public transportation is a cornerstone of any great ...

By Brian Hacker, AICP This year the RTA is celebrating the 20th anniversary of our Community Planning program. Since 1998, we have been working with local p...

This Letter to the Editor was featured in Crain’s on January 12, 2018. I smiled at the photo of an el train embedded in "What's behind Chicago's downtown j...

The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) recently published its 2018 calendar and our region is well represented! The RTA submitted a photo of ...

People who ride transit get more exercise and save money every day! Those are two of the top New Year's Resolutions we all make.  We found some riders who ag...

As we head into 2018, I wanted to take a moment to look back on 2017 and share what the RTA has accomplished.  We think of you, the riders, in all we do.  We...

At this morning’s meeting, the RTA Board of Directors unanimously approved the 2018 operating budgets for the RTA, CTA, Metra and Pace totaling $4.2 billion....