A proposal to cut free bus and train rides for seniors crashed and burned today in the statehouse. Lawmakers say they will not move forward with plans...
State Journal-Register | DOUG FINKE | Posted 10.28.2009 | Chicago
A House committee voted today to curtail free transit rides for seniors in Illinois....
Chicago Tribune | Rick Pearson | Posted 10.16.2009 | Chicago
Gov. Pat Quinn indicated today he supports eliminating the blanket free-ride program for seniors on Chicago area mass transit in favor of a plan that...
Chicago Breaking News | Posted 10.15.2009 | Chicago
The Regional Transportation Authority today called for state lawmakers to repeal free rides for seniors in light of a serious budget crunch....
Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 10.13.2009 | Chicago
The CTA's plan to cut service dramatically and raise fares as high as $3 for express bus and rapid transit service is "very, very ugly," but so is the...
CBS 2 | Kristyn Hartman | Posted 10.13.2009 | Chicago
Senior citizens are still riding the CTA for free. This, despite more than one thousand threatened CTA lay-offs, service reductions, and dramatic fare...
Chicago Tribune | Monique Garcia | Posted 10.30.2009 | Chicago