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CTA Budget Woes: No Fare Hikes For 2011, More Dunkin Donuts And Ad Space

Posted 10.11.2011

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A CTA fare hike will not factor into transit President Forrest Claypool’s strategy to balance the $102.7 million shortfall in state funding this yea...

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CTA Cuts 54 Jobs, Saves $15 Million; No Word On Fare Hikes

Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: Rta, CTA Fare Hike, Chicago, Cta, Forrest Claypool, Illinois, Chicago Public Transportation, CTA Job Cuts, Forrest Claypool Cta, Chicago News

Forrest Claypool, the newly appointed president of the Chicago Transit Authority, isn't wasting much time in cutting costs at the cash-strapped agency...

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Up the River

Michael McKean | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Sing Sing, Rehabilitation Through the Arts, Rta, Superior Donuts, Arts News

It's Good Friday and I'm going up the river to Sing Sing. Superior Donuts, a play I had performed in Chicago and New York, is being staged as part of a program called Rehabilitation Through the Arts. I'm going to meet the cast.

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Republicans Cry Foul As Madigan's Son-In-Law Gets Hired As RTA Lobbyist

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rta, Jordan Matyas, Illinois, Matyas RTA, Lisa Madigan, Michael Madigan, Regional Transportation Authority, Chicago, Chicago News

The hiring of a member of one of Illinois's most powerful families at a major state agency has Republicans up in arms. Jordan Matyas is a longtime lo...

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How Dubai Came Through 2010

Hisham Wyne | Posted 05.25.2011

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The UAE -- and Dubai in particular -- has been an utterly fascinating place to be in 2010. Obstinate denials of the recession not having an iota of im...

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Riding While Dead: Widespread Abuse Discovered In RTA's 'Seniors Ride Free' Program

Better Government Association/ Fox Chicago | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Rta, Cta, Free Rides for Seniors, Chicago Transit Authority, Better Government Association, Seniors Ride Free, Chicago News

CHICAGO--In Chicago, the dead are known to vote. Turns out they also take public transit, according to an investigation by the Better Government Assoc...

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CTA Free Rides For Seniors: Senate Votes 57-0 To Restrict Free Rides By Income

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Illinois Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to significantly curb the free rides for seniors program, but aides to Gov. Pat Quinn indicated he ...

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CTA Free Rides For Seniors May Still Get Scaled Back In New Bill

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

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Free rides for senior citizens on buses and trains would be scaled back significantly and transit systems throughout Illinois would net millions dolla...

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New Orleans Mayoral Candidate Blocks Streetcar Line With Wheelchair

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Orleans Mayor, Ada, New Orleans, Jonah Bascle, Accessibility, New Orleans Mayoral Race, Twitter, Rta, Streetcar, Politics News

"Who Dat say Dey Can't Ride Dem Cars", "Let My People Ride" and "Paint a Red One Green" were the chants as New Orleans mayoral candidate Jonah Bascle...

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Metra's Higher Fares To Take Effect Feb. 1

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Metra's new fare structure, including adjustments in one-way fares, begins Monday. While one-way fares are increasing, the commuter rail agency says m...

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Quinn Open To Ending Automatic Free Rides For Seniors

Chicago Tribune | Rick Pearson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gov. Pat Quinn indicated today he supports eliminating the blanket free-ride program for seniors on Chicago area mass transit in favor of a plan that...

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RTA: End Free Rides For All Seniors

Chicago Breaking News | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Regional Transportation Authority today called for state lawmakers to repeal free rides for seniors in light of a serious budget crunch....

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Chicago Transit at a Crossroads

Aaron Renn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago Transit Authority, Public Transportation, Pace, Metra, Midway Airport, Urban Planning, Cta-Orange-Line, City Planning, Illinois Budget, Cta, Indianapolis, Rod Blagojevich, Mayor Daley, Global Cities, Rta, CTA Bus Tracker, El, Chicago News

The CTA doomsday budget, even if it doesn't come to pass, has done a great service by showing the city the inevitable future. Service has been trending downward for decades.

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AIG Woes To Cost RTA Millions

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO -- The Regional Transportation Authority is among about 30 transit agencies around the nation that could be on the hook for millions of dollar...

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Transit Agencies To Fight Over $414 Million In Stimulus Funds

Progress Illinois | Angela Caputo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Here's how the $414 million in mass transit money set to flow into the region will be distributed by agency: $240 million (or 58 percent) will go to t...

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What Should Be On Illinois' Transportation Projects Wish List?

Chicago Tribune | John McCarron | Posted 05.25.2011

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[T]he Illinois congressional delegation is pulling together a wish list of public works projects to be part of the $800 billion stimulus package sough...

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Free Public Transit Rides For Low-Income Disabled

Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE 10/24 "Misunderstandings on how to apply for a free rides program for disabled riders has resulted in a number of applications being rejected...

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