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Written By: Transit Justice on October 28, 2009 No Comment

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 [...]

Written By: king1028skwirl on October 17, 2009 No Comment

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 [...]

Written By: king1028skwirl on October 17, 2009 No Comment

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 [...]

Written By: king1028skwirl on October 16, 2009 No Comment

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 [...]

Written By: Harry on October 15, 2009 One Comment

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 [...]

Written By: Transit Justice on October 15, 2009 No Comment

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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Written By: Alfie Martin on October 15, 2009 No Comment

Daley: CTA Budget “Very Ugly”

Reposted from Chicago Breaking News.

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The potential fare increases and service cuts threatened by the cash-strapped CTA present a “very, very ugly” scenario, Mayor Daley said yesterday. But the mayor would not say what he thinks is the right solution to the CTA’s $300 million budget shortfall. He said the CTA [...]

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