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Renovated Brown Line Station Opens This Weekend

STNG | Posted 01.03.2009 | Chicago

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A little more than a year after it closed for renovation as part of the CTA's rehabbing of the Brown Line, the Irving Park Brown Line station will reo...

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CTA To Heat Bus Shelters With Ad Revenue

CBS 2 | Posted 01.02.2009 | Chicago

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Advertisements in bus shelters are usually only a visual experience, but now, CTA commuters will have the ads to thank for free heat too. Stove Top S...

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CTA Rerouting Buses For Thanksgiving Day Parade

Chicago Tribune | Posted 12.27.2008 | Chicago

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In preparation for Thursday's 75th annual Thanksgiving Day Parade, the Chicago Transit Authority will make temporary changes to some of its bus routes...

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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
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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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CTA Bringing Back 'Grand Theft Auto' Ads

Chicago Tribune | Steve Schmadeke | Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago

Read More: CTA Grand Theft Auto Ads, Cta, Noelle Gaffney, Take Two Interactive Software Inc., Grand Theft Auto, Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago News

About six months after the Chicago Transit Authority pulled advertisements for the violent and popular gangland video game "Grand Theft Auto IV," ads ...

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CTA To Begin Accepting 'Smart' Credit Cards

Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 12.20.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Cta, CTA Credit Cards, Chicago Transit Authority, Smart Credit Cards, Ron Huberman, CTA Debit Card, Smart Cards, Chicago News

In a society addicted to buying on credit, the Chicago Transit Authority is hoping to cash in big time. A "smart" version of those credit cards and ...

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Chicago Transit Authority Asks Congress For Aid

AP | Posted 12.19.2008 | Chicago

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The Chicago Transit Authority along with leaders from 10 other transit agencies pleaded with Congress for help Tuesday as long-term financing deals wi...

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Chicago Selling Train Station Naming Rights: Report

Posted 12.18.2008 | Chicago

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The cash-strapped Chicago Transit Authority is in talks to follow the lead of stadiums and skyscrapers across the country, Jon Hilkevitch reports in ...

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CTA Approves 2009 Fare Hike

Chicago Sun-Times | Mary Wisniewski | Posted 12.14.2008 | Chicago

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CTA riders will see higher fares with the new year: The transit agency board this afternoon approved fare hikes for 2009 but at a lower level than ori...

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Chicago Transit Authority Doing Little To Improve

Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 12.11.2008 | Chicago

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Chicago officials talk--and so far it's mostly a lot of talk--about the need to shape up the CTA in time for the city to possibly host the 2016 Olymp...

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Public Rips CTA Fare Hike

Chi-Town Daily News | Amy Lee | Posted 11.30.2008 | Chicago

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About 100 transit riders and advocates for the low-income and disabled turned out last night during the Chicago Transit Authority's public hearing on ...

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CTA Riders Get Chance To Have Budget Input

Chi-Town Daily News | Amy Lee | Posted 11.28.2008 | Chicago

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Transit riders can voice opinions on proposed fare increases tomorrow night during the Chicago Transit Authority's public hearing on its 2009 budget. ...

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Free Public Transit Rides For Low-Income Disabled

Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 11.23.2008 | Chicago

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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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Blue Line Shutdown

Chicago Tribune | Posted 11.23.2008 | Chicago

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CTA Blue Line service will be temporarily shut down this weekend between the Belmont and Montrose stations while workers conduct rail repairs, the Chi...

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Chicago's Olympic Problem

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 11.22.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Cta, 2016 Olympics, Kennedy Expressway, Chicago Metra, Chicago Transit Authority, 2016 Olympics Chicago, Chicago 2016, Chicago News

Would you be willing to give up use of a prized lane on the Kennedy Expressway and South Lake Shore Drive for two weeks to help Chicago win the 2016 O...

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New CTA Brown Line Already Showing Signs Of Age

Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 11.20.2008 | Chicago

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CTA officials must be hoping that Brown Line riders hurrying to catch their trains won't pay too much attention to spots where corners were cut at reb...

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Chicago Public Transit Nation's Most Expensive: Survey

Chi-Town Daily News | Amy Lee | Posted 11.16.2008 | Chicago

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A transit watchdog group says Chicagoans pay more to ride public transit than residents of other major cities, and that proposed 2009 fare increases w...

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Blue Line Suspensions This Weekend

Chicago Tribune | Posted 11.16.2008 | Chicago

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CTA rail service on the Blue Line will be suspended between the Irving Park and Belmont stations from 9 p.m. Friday until 3 a.m. Monday for rail repai...

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Train Lines Rerouted

Chi-Town Daily News | Amy Lee | Posted 11.15.2008 | Chicago

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Planned weekend installation of two new signal and train control systems in the Loop means Brown, Pink, Orange and Green line riders will cope with re...

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CTA Offering Email Alerts

Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 11.14.2008 | Chicago

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CTA customers will soon be able to sign up to receive e-mail alerts about service disruptions caused by emergencies, equipment problems or routine con...

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CTA Fare Increase

Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 11.09.2008 | Chicago

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The CTA plans to boost fares to as much as $2.25, eliminate the bonus for Chicago Card users and hike the price of a 30-day pass to $90 on Jan. 1 unde...

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Aldermen Grill CTA Over Public Say

Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 11.02.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Transit, Cta, Block 37, Thomas Allen, Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago Aldermen, Regional Transportation Authority, Chicago News

Chicago aldermen today blasted the lack of public involvement in how transit projects are selected, calling on the region's transit leaders to speed u...

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Tweet, Tweet: CTA Twitter Launches

CTA Tattler | Dan O'Neil | Posted 10.26.2008 | Chicago

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Today is the launch of a new Web site, CTA Tweet, an unofficial Twitter tracker for the Chicago Transit Authority. We also started a series of Twitter...

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State Senate Restores Transit Funds, Gov. Must Approve

Chicago Public Radio | Posted 10.26.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Cta, CTA Funding, Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago Transit, Illinois State Senate, Chicago News

More than $37 million to help pay for free rides on Chicago area mass transit is hanging in political limbo. Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich cut the...

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Blagojevich Installs Former Aide On CTA Board

Posted 10.25.2008 | Chicago

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Gov. Rod Blagojevich named his former deputy governor to the Chicago Transit Authority board Wednesday. From Greg Hinz in Crain's Chicago Business: ...

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