Connections Blog

We are proud to share that the news that the RTA's Ride On. campaign is a winner of an American Public Transportation Association (APTA) AdWheel Grand Award....

Future development in the Davis Street Station area may have reduced parking requirements. Just in case you missed the story in the Chicago Tribune today, t...

By Brad Thompson, Manager of Data Services and Analytics, RTA For more than a decade, the RTA has provided RTAMS (Regional Transportation Authority Mapping ...

  I was pleased to join Mayor Emanuel, Senator Durbin and my transit and transportation colleagues at today’s opening of the Chicago Union Station Transit C...

Oliver and Asher (left) take the CTA to school; Dakota (right) boards a Metra train when it's time to hit the books. Remember that yellow school bus? For s...

I am pleased to report that the RTA’s Board of Directors today approved the budgetary funding amounts to be allocated to CTA, Metra, and Pace for their 2017 ...

  My name is Felisha Walker-Barbee and I am the RTA’s Lead Mobility Outreach Coordinator.  On Saturday, I marched in the 87th Annual Bud Billiken Parade. W...

Today's weather forecast:  Extensive cloudiness, very warm and muggy with periods of showers and thunderstorms.  Heavy rainfall totals possible causing loca...

The RTA is proud to join the CTA and others in tomorrow's Bud Billiken parade. Our own Nicole Berry's son, Dakota, reigned over the parade four years ago.  S...

Exciting news!  We are once again the recipient of the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) Distinguished Budget Pr...

We are excited to announce that the region’s public transportation marketing campaign, Ride On., is being awarded the American Public Transportation Associat...

The RTA is proud to have allocated the Innovation, Coordination and Enhancement (ICE) funding to make it possible for Metra to launch its new express midday ...