RTA Study Shows Regional Transit Capital Needs Are $37.7 Billion Over Ten Years: Additional funding sorely needed to maintain and enhance the transit system
The Chicago region’s six-county 10-year public transit capital needs are projected to reach $37.7 billion according to the RTA’s 2016 Capital Asset Condition...
Feb 16, 2017
RTA Joins DePaul's Chaddick Institute to Hold TOD Planning Workshop
Brian Hacker, Senior Planner, RTA Local Planning and Programs I’m excited to announce that the RTA, in partnership with DePaul University’s Chaddick Institu...
Feb 14, 2017
Public Transportation Key in Building a New Chicago
Today, RTA Chairman Kirk Dillard and I were proud to be invited to attend Mayor Emanuel’s 2017 Infrastructure Address. As you probably have already heard, th...
Feb 9, 2017
RTA Director J.D. Ross Celebrates Black History Month
By RTA Director J.D. Ross. Director Ross was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) in April 2008, representin...
Feb 8, 2017
Welcome Aboard the new Metra Blog!
Metra has a new blog and we wanted to be sure you knew about it. It's called The Signal and it has a wealth of interesting information about Metra. Wonder h...
Feb 7, 2017
RTA Helps Brookfield “Stay on Track” with Zoning Updates
By Emily Egan, Village Planner, Village of Brookfield The Village of Brookfield started the New Year off right by approving several zoning changes that have...
Jan 25, 2017
More Interagency Signage Helps Riders Use Regional System
By Joe Moriarty, RTA Program Manager The RTA’s interagency signage initiative is part of our continuing mission to improve the passenger experience by inves...
Jan 19, 2017
RTA Joins Union Station Partners In Redevelopment Plan Announcement of USDOT Emerging Project Designation
It was my pleasure today to join Mayor Emanuel, Metra Executive Director/CEO Don Orseno, CDOT Commissioner Rebekah Scheinfeld and Amtrak officials at Union S...
Jan 12, 2017
RTA Research Presented at TRB Annual Meeting
The RTA's Will Gillespie presenting agency research on access to opportunities provided by Chicagoland transit By Jessica Hector-Hsu, Director, Planning and...
Jan 11, 2017
Federal Funds "On Track" for CTA Red Line North
Regional riders got some good news yesterday. As you may have read in Crain's Chicago Business or the Chicago Tribune, our region is set to benefit from jus...
Jan 10, 2017
Resolve to Ride Transit in 2017
Several students who attended the 19th annual Transportation Symposium and Business Exchange were offered positions with vendors. The RTA has an idea for a ...
Dec 29, 2016
Happy New Year (a few days early!)
As we head into 2017, I wanted to take a moment to look back on 2016 and share what the RTA has accomplished. We think of you, the riders, in all we do. We...
Dec 28, 2016
