CTA Rolls Out New Hybrid Buses
The CTA today trotted out the first of 58 new articulated hybrid buses purchased with federal economic stimulus funds....
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CTA Surveys Customers ... Badly
Mike Doyle | Posted 08.03.2009 | Chicago
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Maybe CTA President Richard Rodriguez should spend less time driving to work and more time attending to the system that 1.5 million riders a day depend on to get around Chicago.
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...
CTA Service Cuts Possible
Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 07.24.2009 | Chicago
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The Regional Transportation Authority board will be asked on Thursday to approve a new round of cuts totaling $61 million at the CTA, Metra and Pace t...
Car Slams Into CTA Train After Expressway Accident (VIDEO)
AP | Posted 07.12.2009 | Chicago
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CHICAGO (AP) -- Service on the Chicago Transit Authority's Blue Line was disrupted early Thursday when an auto involved in an accident on the adjacent...
iPhone Service Coming To CTA Subways
Chicago Sun-Times | MARY WISNIEWSKI | Posted 07.11.2009 | Chicago
The CTA board today approved adding subway cell phone access for AT&T customers later this year....
CTA Wants To Extend Red Line Route
Chicago Public Radio | Natalie Moore | Posted 07.05.2009 | Chicago
The Chicago Transit Authority is recommending an extension of its Red Line. But it will be a long time before that el track is constructed, even if th...
CTA Bus Drivers Ignore, Strand Disabled Passengers: CBS
CBS 2 | Dave Savini | Posted 06.20.2009 | Chicago
Imagine waiting at a bus stop and having bus after bus pass you by. Some riders say drivers ignore them on purpose and even refuse to let them on the ...
Many CTA Stations Can't Accommodate Disabled Riders
The Beachwood Reporter | Kaitlyn McAvoy | Posted 06.13.2009 | Chicago
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A three-month investigation of the CTA found that 41 percent of the handicap-accessible train stations could not be fully used by customers in wheelch...
Cash-Strapped CTA Deferring Bus And Train Maintenance To Save Money
Chicago Tribune | Posted 06.13.2009 | Chicago
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The CTA will defer a huge chunk of preventive maintenance work on buses and trains and make other painful cuts to erase a projected $155 million short...
Fixing Aging Rail Transit Systems In Major Cities To Cost $50B: Study
AP | Posted 05.31.2009 | Chicago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- More than one-third of the trains, equipment and facilities of the nation's seven largest rail transit agencies are near the end o...
Chicago Transit Ridership Up 9 Percent In Last Five Years: RTA
Chicago Sun-Times | MARY WISNIEWSKI | Posted 05.30.2009 | Chicago
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More area residents used public transit, and there was more public transit to use between 2003 and 2007, according to a Regional Transportation Author...
CTA Bus Drivers Could Get Safety Shield
Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 05.28.2009 | Chicago
About 10 offenses occur each month in which bus drivers are the victims, according to CTA union officials. As a result, the CTA has been conducting a...
CTA Bus Tracker iPhone Apps: Which Is Best
Ars Technica | Jacqui Cheng | Posted 05.25.2009 | Chicago
In Chicago, the CTA's bus tracker GPS data is essential for getting around town via bus. However, the CTA's website isn't exactly ideal for the iPhone...
CTA Robberies, Thefts Up 77 Percent
Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2009 | Chicago
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Robbery has soared 77 percent on CTA trains, buses and platforms in the last three years, the Sun-Times reports. According the the Chicago Police Dep...
CTA Likely To Scrap Accordion-Style Buses
AP | Posted 05.24.2009 | Chicago
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CHICAGO (AP) -- The Chicago Transit Authority has permanently parked 225 accordion-style buses after finding cracks and structural defects it says cal...
CTA Blue Line Gets $88 Million For Overhaul
AP | Posted 05.21.2009 | Chicago
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CHICAGO (AP) -- The nation's second largest transit system has already begun using federal stimulus money to repair Chicago's aging subway network, of...
CTA Bus Tracker Adding 19 Routes
The Huffington Post | Posted 05.14.2009 | Chicago
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The CTA is adding 19 routes to its Bus Tracker web site next week, the transit agency announced Monday. Beginning April 20, estimated arrival times f...
CTA Fare Card Beeps: What The Different Sounds And Lights Mean
Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 05.14.2009 | Chicago
About 90 percent of CTA riders use some type of fare card, and you might have noticed each transaction corresponds to a distinct pattern of beeps and ...
CTA Buying 58 Buses With $49M In Stimulus Money
Crain's Chicago Business | Meghan Streit | Posted 05.11.2009 | Chicago
The Chicago Transit Authority is using $49 million in stimulus funds to buy 58 "accordion-style" hybrid buses. ...
CTA Fare Hikes A Last Resort: Daley
Chicago Public Radio | Mike Rhee | Posted 05.10.2009 | Chicago
Fare hikes on the Chicago Transit Authority appear even less likely after some comments made by Mayor Richard Daley Thursday....
CTA Budget Shortfall Down To $53.7 Million
Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 05.08.2009 | Chicago
Injections of federal and state funding have helped brighten the Chicago Transit Authority's gloomy budget outlook, transit officials said today. ...
CTA Cards Expiring In April
NBC Chicago | Posted 04.28.2009 | Chicago
Like a loaf of moldy bread, it's time to ditch your Chicago Transit Authority card and get a new one before it expires. The CTA says expirations will...
CTA's New Budget Fix Would Avoid Fare Hikes And Service Cuts
Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 04.26.2009 | Chicago
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The Chicago Transit Authority is floating a plan to close a $155-million budget hole without raising fares, cutting service or boosting the size of it...
CTA Says Fare Increases May Be Coming
Crain's Chicago Business | Meghan Streit | Posted 04.11.2009 | Chicago
The Chicago Transit Authority on Wednesday floated budget cuts and fare hikes, among other cost-saving measures, in an attempt to close the agency's $...
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