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Stimulus Transit Funding

Amtrak To Get $80 Million From Stimulus For Illinois Projects

Associated Press | Posted 04.25.2009 | Chicago

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Amtrak in Illinois will receive $80 million in federal stimulus money to modernize train repair centers as well as to improve security and wheelchair ...

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High-Speed Rail To The Rescue: Durbin, Quinn Make Stimulus Funds Pitch For Train Project

Associated Press | Posted 04.09.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO - Illinois leaders want stimulus money to develop high-speed train travel between Chicago and St. Louis. Gov. Pat Quinn and U.S. Sen. Dick Du...

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CTA To Start Working On $241 Million In Stimulus Projects

Chi-Town Daily News | ADRIAN G. URIBARRI | Posted 04.06.2009 | Chicago

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Yesterday, days ahead of the stimulus-package funding deadline, the federal government handed the CTA $241 million for capital projects. Today, a regi...

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Stimulus Bringing High-Speed Rail To Chicago

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 03.28.2009 | Chicago

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After a decade of quiet tinkering around the margins, the dream of making Chicago the center of a high-speed rail network finally is taking real shape...

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Stimulus Bill Could Provide $105 Million For Illinois Transit Projects

Crain's Chicago Business | Paul Merrion | Posted 02.28.2009 | Chicago

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The House of Representatives added $3 billion in rail and bus system spending to the $825-billion stimulus package Wednesday. [...] Half of the new m...

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