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2026 will be a major year of transition for Chicago’s regional transit system. Governor Pritzker’s signing of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act (Pu...

Last month, the Village of Robbins Board of Trustees adopted equitable transit-oriented development (ETOD) zoning code amendments developed with the RTA’s as...

The RTA has released the Proposed 2026 Regional Transit Operating Budget and Five-Year Capital Program for download and public comment. The budget comes on t...

A new era has begun for transit in the Chicago region. In the early morning hours of October 31, the Illinois General Assembly passed SB 2111, a landmark tra...

An RTA Community Planning project to support the expansion of Pace Pulse service to Chicago’s south suburbs is now complete. The Far South Halsted Corridor S...

This year, more than 20,000 letters have been sent to Illinois legislators through RTA’s Save Transit Now campaign, urging them to pass sustainable transit f...

As Illinois legislators continue to discuss and consider ways to address the Chicago region’s looming transit fiscal cliff, there’s value in reviewing how tr...

Since the release of the Transit is the Answer strategic plan in 2023, RTA has consistently advocated for lasting change to Illinois’ 50% farebox recovery ra...

As the fiscal cliff approaches and legislative discussions about funding and reform continue, one thing many agree on is the need for the regional authority ...

Beginning in 2026, the RTA system is facing a fiscal cliff, growing to 20% of the operating budget in 2027 and 2028. On May 31, the Illinois General Assembly...

With the Chicago area’s transit fiscal cliff approaching, there is often public and media conversation framing the issue as a fight between the city and the ...

Earlier this year the RTA released Transforming Transit, the agency’s vision for a world-class regional transit system with $1.5 billion in annual operating ...