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CTA: Companies 'enthusiastic' about partnership for Red, Purple Line projects
Tribune reporterThe CTA is receiving strong and enthusiastic feedback from the private sector about investing in two mega-projects along the Red and Purple lines that the transit agency could not afford to undertake on its own for many years, CTA President Forrest...Tags: Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Chicago Transit Authority, Rahm Emanuel, Travel, Company Privatization
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Highway officials, CTA, Metra and Pace are spending billions to improve roads, tracks, stations and facilities
Tribune reportersMotorists, transit riders and commuters might ask themselves a question as they edge deeper into the new year: Do they feel lucky in 2013? The year promises to be noteworthy -- and at times challenging -- considering the many transportation projects and...Tags: Michigan Avenue, McHenry, Boston, Illinois Department of Transportation, Metra
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GQuinn, if you had a 'no' person, he'd say 'yes' to this bit of unsolicited advice
Change of SubjectAnother collection of dispatches from Somebody Nobody Asked ™, America's pre-eminent unsolicited advice columnist. Dear Gov. Pat Quinn: Your posse, like every good posse, needs a "no" person — a man or woman deputized to speak skeptically... -
Card users spared Blue Line O'Hare fare hike -- for now
Tribune reporterAfter rejecting the tearful pleas and angry demands of CTA bus riders to restore routes that were slashed this week, the transit agency’s board on Tuesday approved a big break for commuters who work at O’Hare International Airport. But the...Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, UPS Inc., University of Chicago, Chicago City Hall, Air Transportation Industry
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CTA's plan to relieve overcrowding goes into full swing
"Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work." — Daniel Hudson Burnham (1846-1912) Those inspired words by the architect who created urban...
Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Michigan Avenue, O'Hare International Airport, Unemployment, Travel
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Fare hikes, elimination of bus routes focus of CTA budget hearing
Tribune reporterThe second CTA fare hike in five years and a controversial plan that eliminates at least a dozen bus routes to free up money to add service on more crowded buses and trains were the focus of a public hearing Monday night on the CTA’s proposed 2013...Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, O'Hare International Airport, Ameya Pawar, Budgets and Budgeting, United Air Lines
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Study: Squeeze on spending could lead to mass-transit meltdown
If you are a CTA or Metra rider who is miffed about paying more to ride buses and trains next year, those higher fares represent only one relatively minor worry for Chicago-area transit customers, according to a new study by DePaul University. It...
Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Michigan Avenue, Fiscal Cliff, Metra, Budgets and Budgeting
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CTA penny ride program back tonight for New Year's Eve
The CTA, which is hiking the price of fare passes by as much as 74 percent in 2013, is offering a New Year's Eve toast to riders by giving free rides for six hours starting late tonight. MillerCoors is the first corporate sponsor of the annual CTA penny...
Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, New Year's Day, Car Safety Tips and Advice
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RTA 2013 budget delayed
Tribune reporterConcerns raised over how the CTA will pay off debt service on up to $1 billion in bonds delayed approval on Wednesday of the RTA 2013 budget for the CTA, Metra and Pace. The issue arose at the last minute over language in the CTA's five-year capital...Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Debt Market, Metra, Budgets and Budgeting, Credit and Debt
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Emanuel on CTA increases: not fare hikes, Chicagoans can choose to drive
Clout StreetMayor Rahm Emanuel had a message Monday for CTA riders upset about upcoming fare hikes: they’re not really fare increases, public transit remains a bargain and commuters can “make that choice” about whether to drive or take buses and...Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Rahm Emanuel, Travel, Commuting, Public Transportation
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Mark your calendar: Transit dates to watch in the coming weeks
Major events are circled on the Getting Around transportation calendar as 2012 crosses over into 2013, and the first big one is scheduled to take effect by Friday, when drivers flock back to Lower Wacker Drive. The reopening of the complete stretch of...
Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, O'Hare International Airport, Michigan Avenue, Chicago Tribune, Highway Transportation
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Governor, you didn't ask, but . . .
Another collection of dispatches from Somebody Nobody Asked ™, America's pre-eminent unsolicited advice columnist. Dear Gov. Pat Quinn: Your posse, like every good posse, needs a "no" person — a man or woman deputized to speak...
Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Executive Branch, Politics, Arts and Culture, Pat Quinn
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Nov 26, 2012
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Nov 25, 2012
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