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    Aug 27, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. CTA passengers uncomfortable in new 'L' cars

    More than 100 of the CTA's new rail cars are in service on the Pink and Green lines, and the Red Line is due to get them starting in November, followed by the Purple, Yellow and Orange lines, according to transit officials.
    More than 100 of the CTA's new rail cars are in service on the Pink and Green lines, and the Red Line is due to get them starting in November, followed by the Purple, Yellow and Orange lines, according to transit officials. With a significant number of...

    Tags: Services and Shopping, United Air Lines, Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago Tribune, Michigan Avenue

    2. Aug 20, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. CTA's bus rapid transit won't be so rapid

    <strong>CTA</strong> planning manager Joe Iacobucci is the first to acknowledge at the transit agency that "if you ask the average person in Chicago what BRT is, you get a blank look."
    CTA planning manager Joe Iacobucci is the first to acknowledge at the transit agency that "if you ask the average person in Chicago what BRT is, you get a blank look." BRT, or bus rapid transit, is Iacobucci's special project. He hopes to transform those...

    Tags: Public Transportation, South Shore, Metra, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Transit Authority

    3. Jul 17, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. CTA plans to spend $205M to improve maintenance facilities

    The CTA will spend $205 million to upgrade bus and rail maintenance facilities over the next three years with the goal of fostering major improvements in transit service, officials said Tuesday.
    Tribune reporter
    The CTA will spend $205 million to upgrade bus and rail maintenance facilities over the next three years with the goal of fostering major improvements in transit service, officials said Tuesday. The modernization project includes replacing bus wash racks...

    Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago Mayor, Hybrid Vehicles

    4. Aug 8, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. CTA closer to restoring some bus service to 31st Street

    The CTA took an &ldquo;incremental step&rsquo;&rsquo; today toward restoring bus service that was eliminated 15 years ago along 31st Street on the Southwest Side due to dwindling ridership.
    Tribune reporter
    The CTA took an “incremental step’’ today toward restoring bus service that was eliminated 15 years ago along 31st Street on the Southwest Side due to dwindling ridership. But members of multiple Chicago communities where the population...

    Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Little Village, Public Transportation, Metra, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation

    5. Aug 8, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. CTA expands Red Line project to battle slow zones

    With service disruptions already delaying commuters this summer on the CTA Red Line north branch due to emergency facelifts on seven of the rail system&rsquo;s most dilapidated stations, transit officials today expanded the project by adding $15 million in track and viaduct repairs to reduce slow zones.
    Tribune reporter
    With service disruptions already delaying commuters this summer on the CTA Red Line north branch due to emergency facelifts on seven of the rail system’s most dilapidated stations, transit officials today expanded the project by adding $15 million...

    Tags: Jon Hilkevitch, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Chicago Transit Authority, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

    6. Aug 8, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. CTA head says labor talks not going smoothly

    Negotiations aimed at reaching agreement on a new CTA labor contract aren't going smoothly, and it's largely because the bus drivers union is now headed by outsiders, CTA President Forrest Claypool said Wednesday.
    Tribune reporter
    Negotiations aimed at reaching agreement on a new CTA labor contract aren't going smoothly, and it's largely because the bus drivers union is now headed by outsiders, CTA President Forrest Claypool said Wednesday. The CTA union representing more than 5,...

    Tags: Labor Legislation, Chicago Transit Authority, Career and Workplace

    7. May 30, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. CTA says new savings will avert fare hike, service cuts

    After months warning of fare hikes and service cuts unless labor unions came up with $80 million worth of concessions by July 1, CTA President Forrest Claypool today called off the threats, saying the agency has suddenly come up with the money, primarily through cost savings.
    Tribune reporters
    After months warning of fare hikes and service cuts unless labor unions came up with $80 million worth of concessions by July 1, CTA President Forrest Claypool today called off the threats, saying the agency has suddenly come up with the money,...

    Tags: Chicago Tribune Columnists, Jon Hilkevitch, Collective Contract, Chicago Transit Authority, Unions

    8. Jun 1, 2012 |Story| WGNTV-LTV

  8. CTA plans major overhaul of buses

    The CTA is starting a major makeover of its fleet of buses.
    WGN News
    The CTA is starting a major makeover of its fleet of buses. The agency plans to buy 425 buses and rebuild more than 1,000 older buses within the next two years. The entire project will cost nearly one-half billion dollars. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and CTA...

    Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Asthma

    9. Jun 4, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. CTA to close Dan Ryan branch of Red Line for 5 months

    In deciding to close the south leg of the Red Line for five months starting next May, CTA officials bet that short, intense pain will be easier to suffer through than several years of track construction migraines.
    Tribune reporters
    In deciding to close the south leg of the Red Line for five months starting next May, CTA officials bet that short, intense pain will be easier to suffer through than several years of track construction migraines. South Side aldermen – previously...

    Tags: Roseland, Metra, Transportation, Chicago Mayor, Roderick T. Sawyer

    10. Jul 5, 2012 | Chicago Tribune

  10. Oh, yes, she went there!

    Change of Subject
    It always slips my mind, but today's editorial on nepotism in county government reminds me that oft-lauded County Board President Toni Preckwinkle endorsed Assessor Joe Berrios in his primary race against then-Commissioner Forrest Claypool. Thanks, Toni!....
    11. Jun 26, 2012 | Chicago Tribune

  11. Public figures, public transit

    Change of Subject
    By Megan Crepeau Anyone been stuck on an overcrowded Blue Line lately, or waited for Godot an Irving Park bus? Yeah, me too. You know who probably hasn't? Certain members of the CTA's Board of Directors. RedEye found that out......
    12. Aug 24, 2011 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. Chicago, RTA set sights on tax dodge

    Tribune reporter
    Chicago and the Regional Transportation Authority on Tuesday filed the first of what are expected to be numerous lawsuits brought against other Illinois municipalities and businesses to halt a "tax avoidance kickback scheme'' that is allegedly diverting...

    Tags: Metra, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws, Chicago Mayor, Taxation

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