Connections Blog

The RTA, in partnership with DePaul University’s Chaddick Institute, recently hosted the second annual access to transit workshop, Access to Transit: Connect...

If you want to get around congested areas and traffic, public transportation can provide a variety of safe affordable options.  In a recent post, Crain's Gre...

I'm happy to report that a recent letter to the editor that I wrote was published in the Wall Street Journal.  Since it was passed, Congress took some positi...

RTA Isn't the Problem We agree with Greg Hinz's story that billions of dollars are needed to complete the renovation of the Chicago Transit Authority syste...

October was National Community Planning Month — and this year’s theme was Healthy Communities, Healthy People. In honor of that, we wanted to share some high...

On October 1, the Chicago Chapter of the Women's Transportation Seminar (WTS) awarded Executive Director Leanne Redden its 2015 Woman of the Year Award. Foun...

Recently, RTA Executive Director Leanne Redden had the great pleasure of addressing the National Shared Mobility Summit. We thought we would share her remar...

The Chicago Transit Authority is a convenient and affordable transit option for those traveling to events throughout Chicago this weekend. Additional service...

Signs that fall is becoming winter are popping up all around us: students have  settled into another school year, the Chicago Bears are back on the gridiron ...

Recently our friends over at the Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC), launched its "Grow Chicago" campaign. The campaign is designed to educate and advocate ...

Students across the RTA region are heading back to school and for many, public transportation is the best way to get back to the classroom.  Public transport...

Dear Editor: Jon Hilkevitch’s (Chicago Traffic Among Worst; August 26, 2015) leaves no room for doubt: regional residents should take CTA, Metra or Pace aro...