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CTA, Pace Fares Increase Thursday

Chicago Public Radio | Sam Hudzik | Posted 01.30.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Pace Fares, Cta, Pace Fare Increase, Chicago Transit Authority, CTA Fare Hike, Public Transportation, CTA Fares, CTA Fare Increase, Chicago News

Fares on Chicago Transit Authority buses and trains are going up on January first. So are fees on routes operated by Pace suburban bus system. ...

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CTA Offering Penny Rides On New Year's Eve, Expanded Service For Winter Classic

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 01.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: CTA New Years Schedule, Winter Classic Trains, Cta, NHL Winter Classic, CTA New Year's Eve Schedule, Trains to Winter Classic, CTA Penny Rides, CTA Fares, Chicago News

The CTA this year will be continuing its tradition of offering penny rides on New Year's Eve and will also expand service on all of its train and seve...

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2009 Transit Forecast: Fare Hikes, Parking Increases, Construction Delays And (Maybe) Federal Money

Chicago Sun-Times | Mary Wisniewski | Posted 01.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Road Construction, Cta, Public Transportation, Illinois Capital Bill, Chicago Parking Prices, O'Hare Modernization Project, Tollway Construction, CTA Fare Hikes, Chicago Parking, Chicago Transit, Chicago News

The Ride" is all about moving forward, not looking back. So this column is about what we can expect in transportation news in 2009. The economy may be...

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CTA Holiday Train Brings Food To Needy

Chi-Town Daily News | Megan Cottrell | Posted 01.22.2009 | Chicago

Read More: CTA Holiday Food Baskets, Chicago Transit Holidays, Cta, Chicago Transit Authority, CTA Holiday Train, CTA Food Baskets, Chicago News

It's the CTA Holiday train, the tremendously decorated, music playing beacon of holiday spirit that rides the rails this time of year. The train isn'...

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CTA Improves Emergency Measures (WATCH)

Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 01.22.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Video, CTA Tunnels, Cta, CTA Emergency Measures, Chicago Transit Authority, CTA Evacuation, CTA Safety, Chicago News

There should be no feeling of deja vu the next time the Chicago Transit Authority is forced to evacuate train riders from subways, transit officials ...

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Railfan: The CTA Video Game

Chicagoist | Marcus Gilmer | Posted 01.21.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Railfan, CTA Video Game, Cta, Chicago Train Video Game, PlayStation 3, Railfan Chicago, Chicago News

No, that's not a typo. There really is a CTA video game. It's called "Railfan" and it's a Japan-only release for the Playstation 3....

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Region Could Get Up To $675 Million For Transit From Obama Administration

Chi-Town Daily News | Peter Sachs | Posted 01.15.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cta, Obama Administration, Pace Transit, Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago Metra, Chicago Transportation, President Obama, Regional Transportation Authority, Chicago News

The Regional Transportation Authority is hoping to get as much as $675 million from the Obama Administration early next year for a variety of capital ...

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Building Skills Now is Our Best Hope for the Future

Cheryle Jackson | Posted 01.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cta, Chicago Defender, Cheryle Jackson, Economy, Chicago Urban League, Obama, CTA Bus Drivers, Economic Crisis, Recession, Chicago News

Last week, the Chicago Urban League hosted a job fair at our Bronzeville offices in partnership with the Chicago Transit Authority to fill 300 part-time positions. More than 1,000 people showed up.

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CTA Ridership Highest Since 1992

Chicago Tribune | Posted 01.11.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cta Ridership, 2008 CTA Ridership, Cta, Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago Transportation, Cta Riding Rates, Chicago News

High gas prices and free rides offered to senior citizens propelled CTA ridership so far in 2008 to its highest level in 16 years, officials said toda...

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CTA Slow Zones Reduced

Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 01.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cta Slow Lanes, Cta, O'Hare, Chicago Transit Authority, Ron Huberman, Cta Slow Zones, Cta Slow Zones Reduced, CTA Blue Line, Chicago News

CTA trains are chugging along at up to 55 m.p.h. on long segments of the rail lines for the first time in years thanks to slow-zone repairs that will ...

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CTA to Eject Rush-Hour Riders?

Mike Doyle | Posted 01.05.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Transit Authority, 2016 Olympics Chicago, CTA Continuous Riders, Chicago Homeless, Cta, Ron Huberman, Richard Daley, Homeless CTA Riders, Ed Shurna, Pat Ryan, Chicago News

The CTA remains adamant that its continuous-rider policy is not aimed at homeless people. But the hypocrisy behind the agency's policy is brutally evident.

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CTA Buses Unsafe: Union

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

Read More: CTA Buses, Cta, Chicago Buses, CTA Mechanics, Chicago Transit Authority, CTA Safety, CTA Cuts, Dan Hrycyk, Ron Huberman, Chicago News

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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CTA Unveils Hybrid Buses (VIDEO)

Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 01.03.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cta, Chicago Hybrid Buses, Chicago Transit Authority, CTA Hybrid, CTA Hybrid Buses, Green Living, Hybrid Buses, Chicago News

The CTA unveiled new hybrid buses today that plug into an electrical outlet at night and run on battery power for most of the day. The transit agenc...

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Renovated Brown Line Station Opens This Weekend

STNG | Posted 01.03.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Transit Authority, CTA Brown Line, Irving Park CTA Station, Brown Line Renovations Chicago, Irving Park Brown Line, Cta, CTA Brown Line Renovations, Irving Park CTA, Brown Line Station Irving Park, Chicago News

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

Read More: CTA Heated Bus Shelters, CTA Heat, Chicago Transit Authority, Stove Top CTA, Cta, Stove Top Stuffing, CTA Bus Shelters, Chicago Transit, Chicago News

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'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

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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In Honor of Obama: A Chicago-Hawaii Exchange Program

Brett Ashley McKenzie | Posted 12.21.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Obama Transition, Hawaii, Chicago Winter, Ka'anapali, Wailea, Cta, Chicago Cubs, Chicago Hawaii, Waikiki, Chicago News

The Chicago-Hawaii Cultural Exchange, in which citizens of the city of Big Shoulders can swap a year beside Lake Michigan for a year on the shores of Waikiki.

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Obese Airline Rights: Canada Court Rules The Obese Have Rights To Two Seats

Reuters | Posted 12.21.2008 | Home

Read More: Stupid News, Cta, Obesity, Airlines, Canada, Home News

OTTAWA (Reuters) -- Obese people have the right to two seats for the price of one on flights within Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Thurs...

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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

Read More: Public Transit Aid Congress, CTA Budget, Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago Transit Authority Federal Aid, CTA Congress, Cta, CTA Funding, CTA Federal Aid, CTA Congressional Aid, Public Transit Funding, Chicago News

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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CTA Bus Crash Injures At Least 15

Chicago Tribune | Posted 12.19.2008 | Chicago

Read More: CTA Bus Crash, Chicago Bus Accident, Cta, CTA Bus Accident, Chicago Bus Crash, CTA Crash, Chicago News

As many as 16 people were hurt this morning in a crash involving a CTA bus and two vehicles on the Near West Side. The collision happened around 9:3...

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Chicago Selling Train Station Naming Rights: Report

Posted 12.18.2008 | Chicago

Read More: CTA Budget, Cta, Train Station Sponsorship, Chicago Transit Authority, Cta Sponsors, CTA Station Naming Rights, El Station Sponsors, CTA Naming Rights, CTA Corporate Sponsors, Chicago Train Station Naming Rights, Chicago News

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

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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CTA Fares Rising Soon

CBS 2 | Posted 12.13.2008 | Chicago

Read More: CTA Board Vote, Cta, CTA Price Increase, CTA Fare Hike, Chicago Tranist Authority, CTA Fare Increase, CTA Fare Hike Vote, Ron Huberman, Chicago News

Ridership on CTA buses and trains has been up significantly this year, but CTA President Ron Huberman says nonetheless, fares must go up. As CBS 2's...

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