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RS63256 63rd Warehouse 2024 07 22 008 With equity at the forefront, CTA, Metra, and Pace open new facilities, prioritize upgrades in south and west communities

This year, CTA and Pace have opened or advanced various new facilities in south and west communities throughout the region, and Metra has prioritized upgrade...

October 9, 2024
Rtams Survey open now: Help guide improvements to RTAMS, RTA’s mapping and statistics website

The RTA is seeking feedback from users of RTAMS, the agency’s mapping and statistics website, to better understand who uses it and how it can be improved in ...

September 9, 2024
221107 RTA 1617 Homewood, Richton Park adopt transit-oriented development plans funded through RTA Community Planning program

This spring, transit-oriented development (TOD) plans were adopted by the villages of Homewood and Richton Park that will make these communities more transit...

July 11, 2024
A crowd of people waits on the Cermak-Chinatown Red Line CTA platform as a train approaches. Good news: Regional transit ridership reaches new high as CTA, Metra, and Pace increase service, offer new fare products

Ridership across Chicago’s transit system has continued to increase, with May 2024 seeing the highest ridership levels since 2019 for CTA, Metra, and Pace. T...

June 28, 2024
A Metra station under construction New project management oversight report highlights more than 100 projects representing $8.2 billion in capital investments

The RTA’s Project Management Oversight (PMO) program ensures that the Service Boards—CTA, Metra, and Pace—are spending capital funds and managing their infra...

June 27, 2024
Graphic that says "Transportation Tuesday, attend a four-part webinar series #TransportationTuesday" Read recaps and watch recordings of the RTA's four-part Transportation Tuesday webinar series

The RTA brought back Transportation Tuesday, its popular four-part webinar series each Tuesday May 28–June 18 from noon to 1:30 p.m. The free, virtual sessio...

June 25, 2024
Graphic that says "Transportation Tuesday, attend a four-part webinar series #TransportationTuesday" Transportation Tuesday recap: Improving and expanding the transit system strategically

With last year’s adoption of Transit is the Answer came 15 new evaluation metrics that comprise a strategy for evaluating and selecting capital projects. Now...

May 30, 2024
A young woman in a green sweater looks at her smartphone on a Metra train. Service Boards share robust operational data through new online portals

At the May RTA Board of Directors meeting, RTA staff shared an update on new, streamlined data portals developed by CTA, Metra, and Pace to boost transparenc...

May 30, 2024
22 RTA1127 Explore 2023 RTA Local Planning projects and successes in interactive implementation report

Every year, the RTA’s Local Planning department assists local governments throughout northeastern Illinois on projects that strengthen the region’s transit s...

April 18, 2024
Aerial shot of the Joliet Metra station next to a baseball field Corridor study, finance district studies, eTOD: Community Planning projects kick off throughout the region

This spring, four projects have kicked off that will make communities throughout the Chicago region more transit-friendly, thanks to support from the RTA Com...

March 29, 2024
22 RTA 0922 RTA selects projects for Access to Transit program, bringing bike and pedestrian improvements throughout the region

The RTA has selected nine new projects for its Access to Transit program, which provides funding to municipalities to complete engineering and construction f...

March 21, 2024
Red line extension Three years into the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Chicago’s transit system is winning competitive grants and advancing critical projects

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), passed in 2021, represented a historic level of federal investment for shoring up the nation’s infrastruct...

March 12, 2024
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