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'Standing Room' Cars Begin On Brown Line Today

Chicago Sun-Times | MARY WISNIEWSKI | Posted 10.13.2008 | Chicago

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Starting with this afternoon's rush hour, the CTA will begin testing reduced-seating rail cars on the Brown Line -- cars that are designed to squeeze ...

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CTA Loop Signaling Project Year Behind Schedule

Chicago Tribune | Posted 10.11.2008 | Chicago

Read More: CTA Cost Overrun, Cta, Chris Bushell, Chicago Transit Authority, CTA Modernization Project, Loop Trains, CTA Loop Signal Project, Loop Train Signals, CTA Overbudget, CTA Budget Woes, Chicago Public Transportation, Ron Huberman, Chicago News

The CTA is running 377 days behind schedule on its project to modernize train signals in the Loop, Chris Bushell, CTA manager of power and way, told t...

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Blago Fires At CTA, Vows To Replace Board

NBC 5 | Posted 10.11.2008 | Chicago

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Gov. Rod Blagojevich slammed CTA leadership today, accusing the agency of being dishonest to the public, and "scaring" the General Assembly into pass...

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CTA Holding Public Meetings

Posted 10.11.2008 | Chicago

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The CTA is holding four public meetings starting today to hear from riders about how it can better serve them. From the Tribune: The first meeting w...

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Daley: Blame Blagojevich For CTA Problems

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 10.10.2008 | Chicago

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If the CTA is forced to raise fares in 2009 for the first time in three years, blame Gov. Blagojevich. Mayor Daley didn't come right out and say that...

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Seatless L Cars Coming In October

WBBM | Posted 10.03.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Seatless El, Cta, Chicago L, Seatless CTA Cars, Chicago Trains, Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago Rush Hour, CTA Cars, The El, Ron Huberman, Seatless L Cars, Chicago News

If you're a regular CTA commuter, you know that some trains and buses are so crowded, they are standing room only by the time you get on. Now the CTA...

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CTA Weekend Closures

CTA Tattler | Posted 09.22.2008 | Chicago

Read More: CTA Service Delays, CTA Weekend Service, Cta, Blue Line Shut Down, Chicago Trains, Chicago Transit Authority, CTA Service Changes, O'Hare Train, CTA Weekend Update, Blue Line, Chicago Transportation, CTA Weekend Schedule, O'Hare Blue Line, Chicago News

The O'Hare Blue Line branch will be shut down between Irving Park and Jefferson Park from 9 pm Friday will 3 am Monday. Slow zone work, of course. Shu...

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Why Won't the CTA Brand the Chicago 'L'?

Mike Doyle | Posted 09.22.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Cta, Corporate Branding, Ron Huberman, Chicago, Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago 'L', Branding the CTA, Selling the CTA, Chicago Transportation, Chicago News
Mike Doyle

So why aren't the most famous elevated trains on the planet--ours here in Chicago-- branded? What is the CTA waiting for? Can the agency not recognize the power of 116 years of brand recognition?

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CTA Brown Line Running Again After Fire

Posted 09.19.2008 | Chicago

Read More: CTA Service, Chicago Commute, Cta, CTA Brown Line, CTA Delays, Chicago Trains, Chicago Transit Authority, Brown Line, Brown Line Service, Brown Line Fire, Chicago Transit, Chicago News

The Brown Line is running on schedule again after a small track fire briefly shut down service on parts of the North Side line around 8:50 a.m. Tuesda...

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CTA Paying City To Pump Fuel It Owns

Chicago Sun-Times | Thomas Frisbie, Tim Novak, Mark J. Konkol and Natasha Korecki | Posted 09.14.2008 | Chicago

Read More: CTA Budget, Cta, CTA Gas Costs, CTA Mechanics, Chicago Transit Authority, CTA Funding, Ron Huberman, Chicago Transportation, CTA Boondoggle, Chicago News

The CTA is facing a financial squeeze bad enough that agency president Ron Huberman has warned that fare hikes might need to be imposed next year. Bu...

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Chicago Testing Electric Hybrid Buses

Chicago Sun-Times | MARY WISNIEWSKI | Posted 06.25.2008 | Green

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The CTA is testing a new hybrid electric bus that can get seven to eight miles per gallon -- double the mpg of current CTA hybrids. The new hybrid en...

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