RTA releases semi-annual project management oversight report highlighting over $7 billion in transit investments
Under its Project Management Oversight (PMO) program, the RTA ensures that the Service Boards—CTA, Metra, and Pace—are spending capital funds and managing th...
June 23, 2023
Transportation Tuesday recap: Transit in Industrial Corridors: Community Experience, Accessibility, and Freight Interactions
Transit and freight movement are two quintessential aspects of Chicago’s legacy, present, and future. Industrial corridors, however, are not equitably distri...
June 21, 2023
Transportation Tuesday recap: A New Era for Chicago Transit: Adapting Service to Address Changing and Unmet Needs of Riders
The COVID-19 pandemic caused dramatic, lasting shifts in how and when Chicagoans move around the region as well as laying bare inequities in transportation a...
June 7, 2023
How to use transit to celebrate Pride Month in the Chicago region
June is Pride Month, a time to honor and celebrate Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning (LGBTQ+) individuals in the United States. The ...
May 31, 2023
Transit is the Answer calls for seamless transfers, affordable fares for region’s transit system
This post is one in a series exploring the Agenda for Action and Advocacy in Transit is the Answer, the RTA’s new regional transit strategic plan. Together w...
May 25, 2023
How Chicago’s transit agencies plan to improve rider communication and travel information
This post is one in a series exploring the Agenda for Action and Advocacy in Transit is the Answer, the RTA’s new regional transit strategic plan. Together w...
May 16, 2023
Register now for four-part Transportation Tuesday webinar series
The RTA is bringing back Transportation Tuesday, its popular four-part webinar series each Tuesday in June from noon to 1 p.m. The free, virtual sessions wil...
May 15, 2023
RTA begins exploring reduced fares for riders with low incomes
Transit is the answer to connecting the most vulnerable people in our region to jobs, healthcare, and other opportunities. Chicago’s regional transit system ...
May 4, 2023
University Park transit-oriented development plan reimagines Metra Electric terminus station area
The recently adopted Village of University Park Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Plan envisions a next generation Metra Electric station area that fosters ...
May 1, 2023
Accelerating the transition to a zero-emission regional transit system
This post is one in a series exploring the Agenda for Action and Advocacy in Transit is the Answer, the RTA’s new regional transit strategic plan. Together w...
April 20, 2023
Bus rapid transit could be transformative for Chicago area transit
Every day hundreds of thousands of residents rely on CTA and Pace buses to get them where they need to go. They connect the spokes in Chicago’s hub-and-spoke...
March 21, 2023
Project Management Oversight report highlights more than $7 billion in ongoing transit investments
Twice a year the RTA publishes a Project Management Oversight (PMO) report that details major transit investments by CTA, Metra, and Pace and fulfills our ov...
March 8, 2023
