Connections Blog

The RTA board recently approved funding for the continuation of ten projects that help ensure older adults and residents with disabilities have access to mob...

By Will Gillespie,  Principal Analyst – Strategic Planning, RTA RTA Staff delivered the 2016 Strategic Plan Progress Report to the Planning and Administrati...

The RTA is pleased to be on the Host Committee for the Shared-Use Mobility Center’s National Shared Mobility Summit, taking place here in Chicago October 17-...

Today's rain makes it hard to imagine having a couple nice nights at the ballpark this weekend, but tomorrow night is scheduled to be "game on" at Wrigley Fi...

Let's play public transportation jeopardy. Answer:  The national average is 26.4 minutes. Question: What is the average commute time in the USA according t...

“Travel Trends: Understanding how our region moves” is the name of a study recently released by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP).  The stu...

Bea Reyna-Hickey is the Chief Financial Officer/Senior Deputy Executive Director at the RTA. As a Mexican American woman I am proud to celebrate Hispanic Her...

I am pleased to have made opening remarks at today’s John Noel Public Transit Conference and Shared Use Mobility Workshop in DuPage County. The RTA joined Du...

By Karin Allen, Principal Analyst, Capital Programming & Performance Analysis, RTA If you had to guess which transit agency in the U.S. spent the most m...

I write to let regional riders know that Amtrak has notified us that out of an abundance of caution and to ensure the continued safety of all customers, the ...

  I announced at our monthly board of director's meeting today the  opening of the 30-day public comment period for ten proposed Section 5310 Program of Con...

For the RTA's own Jasmine Jackson, every day is Car Free Day. As Car Free day approaches on next Thursday, September 22, it’s gotten me to thinking back to t...