A letter from Leanne Redden, executive director, Regional Transportation Authority. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown all of us that not only are changes to t...
June 29, 2021Ensuring that capital funding for the Chicago region’s transit system is spent wisely is a core function of the RTA. The agency is continually working to im...
June 17, 2021As riders return to CTA, Metra, and Pace following the pandemic, they can make use of new RTA-installed signage and an updated map to help navigate the regio...
June 8, 2021The RTA, CTA, Metra, and Pace have launched a joint advertising campaign reminding transit riders to continue to ride responsibly and wear a mask. In a rece...
May 11, 2021A letter from Leanne Redden, executive director, Regional Transportation Authority. For the last year, the RTA has been focused on sustaining critical trans...
April 27, 2021Although ridership on the Chicago region’s transit system has dramatically declined during the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 500,000 riders are still taking C...
April 19, 2021A redesigned Regional Transportation Authority Mapping and Statistics (RTAMS) website is now available for users to explore, search, and study data from the ...
January 29, 2021Amid one of the most challenging years for transit, the RTA and the three Service Boards (CTA, Metra, and Pace) continue to advance key capital projects that...
December 16, 2020On July 30, 2020, I sent a letter to the Illinois Congressional delegation to reiterate that the RTA strongly supports including additional federal resources...
August 3, 2020As our state and nation continue to recover from the pandemic, public transit remains an essential service, responsible for transporting health care employee...
June 18, 2020In late May, the Chicago Plan Commission voted to adopt the South Shore Corridor Study, which was supported by the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) Co...
June 17, 2020On May 18, 2020, I sent a letter to Illinois legislators on behalf of the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Later...
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