The evolution of Metrorail, 1976-2010.

I wonder what Chicago’s map would look like.

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Cosponsors – Little Village Environmental Justice Organization – Amalgamated Transit Union Local 241 – EcoJustice Collaborative – IWW GMB OC -  Nuclear Energy Information Service – Pilsen [...]

Do you know who Oscar Grant is? Do you know what happened to him on the train platfrom in Oakland? Have you seen this on TV, in the newspaper, on the radio?

Check out Youth Radio’s Grant Station: A Killing and the Aftermath.

RTA is studying options for transit in this area.  They will hold a public meeting Tuesday, July 27th. Pleas call 630-510-3944 for more information.

RTA is studying transit in this corridor.

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New York Democratic Congressman Jerry Nadler is emerging as the engine powering an increase in transit funding.  The UTU is working closely with Nadler and others in Congress who recognize how essential public transit is to America’s working families.

Nadler’s Brooklyn and lower Manhattan district is one of the most densely populated in America, and as [...]

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 [...]