Connections Blog

Let's play public transportation jeopardy. Answer:  The national average is 26.4 minutes. Question: What is the average commute time in the USA according t...

“Travel Trends: Understanding how our region moves” is the name of a study recently released by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP).  The stu...

Bea Reyna-Hickey is the Chief Financial Officer/Senior Deputy Executive Director at the RTA. As a Mexican American woman I am proud to celebrate Hispanic Her...

I am pleased to have made opening remarks at today’s John Noel Public Transit Conference and Shared Use Mobility Workshop in DuPage County. The RTA joined Du...

By Karin Allen, Principal Analyst, Capital Programming & Performance Analysis, RTA If you had to guess which transit agency in the U.S. spent the most m...

I write to let regional riders know that Amtrak has notified us that out of an abundance of caution and to ensure the continued safety of all customers, the ...

  I announced at our monthly board of director's meeting today the  opening of the 30-day public comment period for ten proposed Section 5310 Program of Con...

For the RTA's own Jasmine Jackson, every day is Car Free Day. As Car Free day approaches on next Thursday, September 22, it’s gotten me to thinking back to t...

We are proud to share that the news that the RTA's Ride On. campaign is a winner of an American Public Transportation Association (APTA) AdWheel Grand Award....

Future development in the Davis Street Station area may have reduced parking requirements. Just in case you missed the story in the Chicago Tribune today, t...

By Brad Thompson, Manager of Data Services and Analytics, RTA For more than a decade, the RTA has provided RTAMS (Regional Transportation Authority Mapping ...

  I was pleased to join Mayor Emanuel, Senator Durbin and my transit and transportation colleagues at today’s opening of the Chicago Union Station Transit C...