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CTA Financial Woes Hinder Construction Projects

chicagocurrent.com | Posted 12.14.2009 | Chicago

Read More: CTA Construction, Chicago Transit Authority, Public Transportation, Chicago, Cta, CTA Projects, Chicago Transportation, CTA Development, Chicago News

The Chicago Transit Authority's pitch for its newest big project sounds like a slam dunk. The proposal is still taking shape, but its goal is to recon...

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CTA Board To Talk Layoffs

chicagocurrent.com | Posted 12.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Public Transit, Chicago, Chicago Transit Authority, Public Transportation, CTA Layoffs, CTA Board, Chicago News

The Chicago Transit Board will vote today on whether or not to lay off more employees next year. ...

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CTA Layoffs Expected For Early 2010, Says Union

chicagocurrent.com | Posted 12.07.2009 | Chicago

Read More: CTA Budget, Chicago Transit Authority, CTA Budget Shortfall, Public Transportation, Chicago, CTA Layoffs Expected, Cta, Chicago Public Transportation, CTA Layoffs 2010, CTA Layoffs, Chicago News

The CTA has notified employees that it plans layoffs at the beginning of 2010, the train operators' union said. The agency issued notices under the fe...

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Five CTA Stations The City Could Do Without

The A.V. Club Chicago | Andrew Reilly | Posted 12.04.2009 | Chicago

Read More: CTA Budget, Cta, Chicago Transit Authority, CTA Budget Woes, CTA Budget Shortfall, Chicago News

Holiday season in Chicago means many things to many people, but nothing more strongly symbolizes December in the city than the annual threats issued b...

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CTA Union Leader Calls For Return Of Train Conductors: 'We've Dodged A Bullet'

Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 11.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cta, CTA Conductors, Chicago Transit Authority, CTA Red Line, CTA Safety, Chicago News

The CTA should bring back conductors on Red Line trains as a safety measure or remove all trains from service for inspections until the problem of ope...

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Doors On CTA Red Line Train Didn't Close: Passengers

Chicago Sun-Times | MARY WISNIEWSKI | Posted 11.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cta, Chicago Transit Authority, Cta Doors, CTA Red Line, Cta Red Line Doors, Chicago News

Passengers on a crowded northbound Red Line train say they got an unwanted thrill ride early Sunday morning -- a door was stuck open from Addison to S...

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CTA Union Chief On Alleged Train Stroller Dragging: 'Something Is Not Adding Up Here'

Chicago Tribune | Stacy St. Clair | Posted 11.05.2009 | Chicago

Read More: CTA Accident, Cta, Chicago Transit Authority, Cta Stroller Accident, Cta Stroller, Ebere Ozonwu, Morse Station Stroller, Chicago News

A stroller believed to have been involved in an incident on the CTA Red Line on Monday evening could play a key role in determining whether a train op...

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Infant Survives After Being Caught In CTA Train Doors, Thrown On Tracks

Chicago Breaking News | Posted 11.03.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cta, Chicago Transit Authority, Red Line, Morse Station Stroller, Chicago News

Screaming "the train took my baby,'' a mother watched in horror as a CTA train pulled away from a North Side station with her baby and stroller stuck ...

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NU Student's Sex Assault Story In Doubt: Police

Chicago Tribune | William Lee and Andrew Wang | Posted 10.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Northwestern University, Chicago Transit Authority, Northwestern Student Assault, Chicago Police, Chicago News

Chicago police this afternoon said a report by a female Northwestern University student claiming that she was forced off a Chicago Transit Authority t...

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CTA Layoffs: 2,000 Bus Drivers, CTA Workers Get Pink Slip Warnings

Chicago Sun-Times | KARA SPAK AND FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 10.20.2009 | Chicago

Read More: CTA Budget Shortfall, CTA Budget, CTA Layoffs, Cta, Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago News

Layoff notices have been sent to nearly 2,000 CTA bus drivers and other unionized employees, warning that their jobs could be eliminated in the next t...

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Chicago Transit at a Crossroads

Aaron Renn | Posted 10.16.2009 | Chicago

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
Aaron Renn

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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CTA Union Prepares For Layoffs

Chicago Public Radio | Tony Arnold | Posted 10.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: CTA Layoffs, Cta, CTA Budget, Richard Rodriguez, Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago News

The head of the union representing many Chicago Transit Authority workers says his members are bracing for layoffs....

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CTA Fare Hike: Trains To Be $3 Per Ride, Buses Up 25 Cents

Chicago Tribune | Posted 10.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: CTA Budget, CTA Fare Increase, Cta, Chicago Transit Authority, CTA Fare Hike, CTA Fares, Chicago News

The Chicago Transit Authority is proposing to increase bus and train fares under its 2010 budget that will be unveiled today to help close a projected...

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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
Mike Doyle

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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New CTA Chairman: Fare Hikes, Service Cuts Possible

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 10.05.2009 | Chicago

Read More: CTA Budget, Chicago Transit Authority, CTA Fare Hike, CTA Fares, CTA Service Cuts, Cta, Terry Peterson, Chicago News

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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Man Killed By CTA Bus

STNG | Posted 11.18.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cta, Cta Bus Pedestrian, Cta Bus Hits Man, Chicago Transit Authority, CTA Bus Accident, Cta Bus Death, Chicago News

A CTA bus fatally struck a 51-year-old man Thursday night on the South Side....

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The CTA Is Watching: All 144 Train Stations Getting Security Cameras

Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 11.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cta, Chicago Transit Authority, Cta Cameras, Chicago Surveillance Cameras, Cta Security Cameras, Chicago News

The CTA moved today to equip all 144 rail stations with security cameras....

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How To Make The CTA Great

The Urbanophile | Aaron M. Renn | Posted 09.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cta, Fixing Public Transportation, Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago Public Transportation, Chicago Transit System, Public Transportation, Chicago News

Both the current and former CTA presidents, Richard Rodriguez and Ron Huberman, said that Chicago has a good transit system (I agree) but deserves a g...

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Jazz Train Coming To The CTA

Huffington Post | Posted 09.18.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Transit Authority, Jazz Institute of Chicago, Jazz on the CTA, Brian Gephart, Cta Jazz Train, Cta Jazz, Neal Alger, Mike Arnopol, Chicago News

Jazz is coming to el, though it won't be cheap. Beginning this weekend, the CTA will start running a car featuring live Jazz musicians on a Purple Li...

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CTA Votes To Extend L Lines

Chicago Sun-Times | MARY WISNIEWSKI | Posted 09.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cta, Cta Orange Line, Chicago Transit Authority, Cta Yellow Line, CTA Red Line, Cta Old Orchard, Chicago News

The Chicago Transit Authority board voted today to accept proposals to extend the Red, Yellow and Orange lines on the L system. ...

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New CTA Cell Phone Policy: Drivers Can Be Fired For On-Duty Use

AP | Posted 09.05.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cts Bus Drivers, Cta Cell Phone Crackdown, Cta, Chicago Transit Authority, Cta Cell Phones, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- Under a new policy, Chicago Transit Authority bus drivers and train operators can be fired after the first time they're caught using a...

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FBI Arrests CTA Radio Hacker Marcel Carter

AP | Rupa Shenoy | Posted 09.03.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cta, Cta Hacker, Chicago Transit Authority, Cta Radio Hacker, Marcel Carter, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- A man accused of transmitting on Chicago Transit Authority frequencies more than 300 times could have endangered thousands of lives, f...

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CTA Tattler Gives CTA Prez a Pass on Driving to Work

Mike Doyle | Posted 08.22.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Commuting, CTA President Richard Rodriguez, Chicago Transit Authority, Cta, Chicago News
Mike Doyle

The CTA president is leasing a car from the CTA to make sure he doesn't have to ride to work on his own agency's buses and trains. Are you kidding me?

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Public Transit Agency Employees Lose Free Private Car Perk

Chicago Sun-Times | MARY WISNIEWSKI | Posted 08.20.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cta Company Cars, Cta, Richard Rodriguez, Chicago Transit Authority, Cta Take-Home Cars, Chicago News

Looking to cut costs at a time the mass-transit agency is strapped for cash, CTA President Richard Rodriguez says he'll take away employees' free take...

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CTA Scrapping 'Cattle Call' Train Cars With Fewer Seats

Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 08.20.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cta Crowded Trains, Cta, Chicago Transit Authority, Cta Maxi Trains, Cta Maxi Cars, Chicago News

Last year, after then-CTA President Ron Huberman introduced with great fanfare the cars with 12 or 14 fewer seats and announced plans to expand Maxis ...

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