2015 Regional Transit Report Cards
The RTA recently released two performance measure reports, the 2015 Regional Report Card and the 2015 Sub-Regional Report that measure and monitor our transi...
November 30, 2016
2015 Ridership Study Shows Some Growth and Some Room for Improvement
The RTA works with CTA, Metra, and Pace each year to perform a detailed analysis of system ridership trends in our region. The analysis examines ridership b...
November 29, 2016
RTA Funds Much of Palatine TOD Plan
We are pleased to report that the Village of Palatine’s recently approved Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Plan is funded by the RTA’s Community Planning p...
November 29, 2016
Transit-Oriented Transformation
The RTA allocated funding for installation of new sidewalks and crosswalks to implement recommendations from Rolling Meadows' Golf Road corridor plan. By Bri...
November 7, 2016
RTA Board Approves Program of Projects Serving Older Adults and Individuals with Disabilities
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...
October 21, 2016
CMAP Study Shows "Not Your Father's" Travel Trends
“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...
September 22, 2016
Looking for First/Last Mile Solutions in DuPage County
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...
September 21, 2016
RTA Helps Evanston Look at TOD Parking Policies
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...
September 9, 2016
RTAMS Survey Results Show Importance of Tool
By Brad Thompson, Manager of Data Services and Analytics, RTA For more than a decade, the RTA has provided RTAMS (Regional Transportation Authority Mapping ...
August 31, 2016
Looking for Solutions: The “First Mile/Last Mile” Challenge
Metra just announced it is looking for a “ride share partner” to join the commuter railroad in helping riders solve what we in transit call the ”first mile/l...
July 29, 2016
RTA Still Seeking Your Input on the Future of RTAMS
The RTA is still seeking your input on our website! As we've shared with you earlier, we're embarking on a “visioning” exercise to help direct the fut...
June 20, 2016
RTA Needs Your Input on the Future of RTAMS
The RTA needs your input! We’re embarking on a “visioning” exercise to help direct the future of the Regional Transportation Authority’s Mapping and Stati...
June 1, 2016
