Cta Service Cuts

CTA Considers Closing 5 L Stops

Posted 05.25.2011

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Chicago commuters may need to start thinking about alternative routes if the CTA moves forward with their plan to close five L stops. The stations th...

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CTA Bus Service Cuts Means Riders Move To Rail

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

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Thousands of CTA riders frustrated by long waits and crowded buses have switched to trains since service cuts were imposed last month, new data indica...

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Union To Sue CTA Over Cuts, Could Call For Strike As Early As Monday

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

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Labor unions at the Chicago Transit Authority responded today to management's demands for givebacks with the filing of work-rule complaints and the pr...

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Rev. Jesse Jackson Meets With Laid-Off CTA Employees

Fox Chicago | Posted 05.25.2011

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Reverend Jesse Jackson, laid off CTA workers and union representatives are meeting on the south side Wednesday about service cuts....

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CTA Cuts: Union Threatens To Drive Slower In Protest

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bus union president Darrell Jefferson said today that if there's no agreement soon to restore service cuts he will ask his membership to adhere strict...

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CTA Cuts: Tribune Editorial Says Unions, Riders Must Make Concessions

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gov. Quinn's deal not to raise fares has left the CTA with few options to balance its budget. He was looking ahead to the election and listening to co...

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CTA Service Cuts: Commuters Tell Their Stories

Will Guzzardi | Posted 05.25.2011

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The city is abuzz with gripes Monday about the CTA's new service cuts. Nine express buses were eliminated, and 41 other routes had their hours trunca...

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Poor Management Takes CTA to the Poorhouse

Monroe Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011

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The always broke and begging Chicago Transit Authority was so incompetently managed that it wasn't bothering to collect the money it needed.

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CTA Cuts: Service To Be Reduced Starting Sunday As Union, City Cannot Agree

Posted 05.25.2011

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Thanks to an unresolved dispute between union officials and the CTA, roughly 1,000 employees will lose their jobs and service will be slashed starting...

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New CTA Chairman: Fare Hikes, Service Cuts Possible

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Soon-to-be CTA Board Chairman Terry Peterson said today he "can't take anything off the table" -- including the possibility of fare hikes, service cut...

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CTA: No More Service Cuts This Year

Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 05.25.2011

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The possibility of CTA service cuts has been taken off the table for this year, transit officials said Wednesday. ...

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CTA Service Cuts Possible

Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Regional Transportation Authority board will be asked on Thursday to approve a new round of cuts totaling $61 million at the CTA, Metra and Pace t...

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CTA's New Budget Fix Would Avoid Fare Hikes And Service Cuts

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Chicago Transit Authority is floating a plan to close a $155-million budget hole without raising fares, cutting service or boosting the size of it...

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CTA Facing Massive Deficit, Big Service Cuts Possible

Chicago Sun-Times | MARY WISNIEWSKI | Posted 05.25.2011

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The CTA says it's facing another possible doomsday. Officials said today they are looking at a likely $87 million budget shortfall this year and $155...

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CTA Facing Another Budget Crisis: Report

Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 05.25.2011

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The sinking economy is driving Chicago-area mass-transit agencies into the ground, according to new data marking a quick return to budget crises. The...

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No CTA Fare Hike ... For Now

Posted 05.25.2011

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In the face of a nearly $70 million budget shortfall, the Chicago Transit Authority is laying off 80 employees but not raising fares or reducing servi...

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