Cta Cuts

CTA Funding Cut By $35 Million: 'Everything Is On The Table'

Huffington Post | Posted 07.26.2009 | Chicago

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The Chicago Transit Authority will have to make do with $35 million less this year after the Regional Transportation Authority board cut the operating...

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CTA Budget Shortfall Down To $53.7 Million

Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 05.08.2009 | Chicago

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Injections of federal and state funding have helped brighten the Chicago Transit Authority's gloomy budget outlook, transit officials said today. ...

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CTA Buses Unsafe: Union

Chicago Sun-Times | Mary Wisniewski | Posted 01.04.2009 | Chicago

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The CTA has cut 29 percent of its mechanics in the last 13 years, and the union claims those cuts means unsafe buses are on the roads. "There's not e...

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No CTA Fare Hike ... For Now

Posted 10.09.2008 | Chicago

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In the face of a nearly $70 million budget shortfall, the Chicago Transit Authority is laying off 80 employees but not raising fares or reducing servi...

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