Connections Blog

By Brian Hacker, AICP To continue our conversation about the benefits of the RTA’s Community Planning program and celebrate its 20th anniversary, I want to ...

Do you remember those “choose your own adventure” books where you made a choice for the main character and flipped to a certain page to learn of his or her f...

As we continue to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the RTA’s Community Planning program, I want to highlight different aspects of the program that help enco...

Today we released two reports that focus on how the Chicago region's transit agencies perform in comparison to their peers: the 2016 Regional Peer Review and...

The Libertyville Village Board unanimously adopted a new plan to further advance transit-oriented development (TOD) in the downtown area surrounding its Metr...

All great cities and regions have robust transit systems, and those that don’t are racing to build them. Public transportation is a cornerstone of any great ...

By Brian Hacker, AICP This year the RTA is celebrating the 20th anniversary of our Community Planning program. Since 1998, we have been working with local p...

By Will Gillespie, Principal Analyst – Strategic Planning Chicago is a great city for taking transit to get to work!  That was further acknowledged by a rec...

After two years of research, close collaboration with the CTA, Metra and Pace and outreach to a vast network of stakeholders, Invest in Transit: the 2018-202...

By Brian Hacker - Senior Planner, Local Planning A new crosswalk at Harlem Avenue in Palos Heights provides better access to Pace’s South Harlem route Fo...

Last week, the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) released Transit Trends, a report which shows how shifting demand and aging infrastructure str...

Back in 2001, the RTA was one of the first organizations to take advantage of web-based GIS software through the Regional Transportation Authority Mapping an...