Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Extend the Red and Orange Lines!
October 27, 2009
Jeffrey Busby
General Manager, Strategic Planning
Chicago Transit Authority
P.O. Box 7602
Chicago, Illinois 60680-7602
Cc: Richard L. Rodriguez, CTA President; Terry Peterson, CTA Board Chairman; Stephen Schlickman, RTA Executive Director; Peter M. Rogoff, FTA Administrator; John Paul Jones, Developing Communities Project.
RE: CTA Alternatives Analysis Projects: Red Line Extension, Orange Line Extension, Yellow [...]
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Saturday, October 17th, 2009
By Kristen Schorsch
October 16, 2009
Seniors accustomed to boarding public transit in Chicago and surrounding suburbs without paying a cent might have to forgo that luxury.
Talk has returned among mass-transit officials in the area to discontinue a program that gives people 65 and older free rides on the CTA, Pace and Metra as the agencies grapple [...]
Filed under: CTA, Chicagoland, Public Transportation, RTA, Trains, Transit Justice, bus, free rides, paratransit, seniors by king1028skwirl
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Saturday, October 17th, 2009
More hoops to jump through to get the free rides.
For immediate release
DATE: March 13, 2009
CONTACT: Diane Palmer, RTA Communications Director
Office: 312-913-3282 Cell: 312-907-6902
Seniors with reduced fare cards will be charged a reduced rate after April 1, 2009
CHICAGO – The Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) is reminding seniors who have not changed their senor reduced fare cards [...]
Filed under: CTA, Chicagoland, Public Transportation, Trains, Transit Justice, bus, seniors by king1028skwirl
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Friday, October 16th, 2009
LVEJO opposes eliminating Senior Free Rides. We have many low income seniors in Little Village who need the support of having free rides on CTA, Pace, and Metra.
LVEJO opposes limiting Senior Free Rides to low income seniors.
Undocumented immigrants pay taxes to fund this program, but cannot qualify for Circuit Breaker, the low income program of [...]
Filed under: CTA, Chicagoland, New Ideas, Public Transportation, Trains, Transit Justice, bus, free rides, paratransit, seniors by king1028skwirl
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Thursday, October 15th, 2009
31st Street Bus receives 3rd most comments at RTA Hearings
Bus service for 31st Street is Priority #3 for the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) , officials said Thursday at the October RTA Board meeting.
RTA’s Sr. Deputy Executive Director, Leanne Redden outlined RTA’s priorities as Chicago’s transit system faces massive budget shortfalls.
The first priority is to address [...]
Filed under: 31st Street Bus, CTA, Environmental Justice, Public Transportation, RTA by Harry
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Thursday, October 15th, 2009
31st Street Bus
This route provides service across the city to Little Village, Brighton Park, McKinley Park, Bridgeport, Armour Square, Chinatown, The Gap, Bronzeville, Douglas, Near South Side, Museum Campus, Soldier Field, McCormick Place, Northerly Island, and Cicero.
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