We are living in a time of great crisis, but also great opportunity. It can be hard to wrap your head around the twin crises of the economy and the environment. Especially if your job is at stake, the bills are mounting, and it is just harder getting by. However, there is opportunity if we [...]
Bob Roberts Reporting
CHICAGO (WBBM) — As disgruntled riders paraded outside the CTA’s West Loop headquarters with picket signs, the agency’s board approved a 2010 budget that holds the line on fares but threatens service cuts Feb. 7.
“I think they would prefer to go with stability over the next two years,” said CTA [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
CTA Circle Line Plan Makes Rounds
Some residents fear losing homes to construction
By Sue-Lyn Erbeck, Special to the Tribune
Friday, October 9, 2009
Plans for the long-awaited Circle Line, which would link CTA and Metra rail lines in Chicago’s growing central area, are a step closer to being realized after the Chicago Transit Authority completed its analysis of [...]
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