Chicago Public Transit

How Metra Lost a New Rider

Mike Doyle | Posted 10.07.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Metra Rail, Chicago Commuter Rail, Chicago Public Transit, Chicago Transit Authority, Green Line, Mass Transportation, Cta, Carol Doris, Chicago Metra, Phil Pagano, Chicago News

For all the recent crowing from Metra about the transit agency's nifty new homepage, the site's online contact form limits written complaints to 500 characters. Not words. Characters.

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South Side Group Lobbies For CTA Gold Line Out Of Olympics

Chicago Tribune | Richard Wronski | Posted 08.07.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Olympics, Cta, Cta Gold Line, Chicago Olympic Bid, Gold Line, Metra, Chicago Public Transit, Chicago 2016, Chicago Trains, Chicago News

Transit riders already have a choice of Red, Green, Blue, Brown, Orange, Yellow, Pink and Purple Lines, but a coalition of South Side activists also w...

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CTA's Holiday Homeless Harassment

Mike Doyle | Posted 12.25.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Homeless, Cta, Holiday Season, Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago Public Transit, Ron Huberman, Poverty, Chicago L, CTA Homeless Policy, Chicago News

For a public agency in Chicago to threaten to throw homeless people out onto freezing streets in far-flung corners of the city without as much as caring whether they have the means to get to a shelter is unnecessary and cruel in equal measure.

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Free Public Transit Rides For Low-Income Disabled

Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 11.23.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Public Transit, Chicago City Council, Poor Disabled Transit Rides, Free Transit Rides, Chicago Transit Authority, Metra, Rod Blagojevich, Low-Income Disabled Rides Cta, Cta, State of Illinois Circuit Breaker Program, Pace, Rta, Chicago News

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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