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[caption id="attachment_1257" align="alignnone" width="370"] RTA Board of Director Michael W. Lewis[/caption] Director Michael W. Lewis was appointed to the...

Have you ever taken public transportation? Wondered how many people ride your bus? Or, how your tax dollars from your town or county are being spent on tra...

CTA announced its rail ridership for 2015 jumped to a new record high, with more than 241 million rides! That's the highest recorded level for rail ridership...

Great news! The RTA is once again the recipient of the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) Certificate of Achiev...

[caption id="attachment_1158" align="alignnone" width="398"] RTA Board Director Christopher C. Melvin, Jr.[/caption] Director Christopher C. Melvin, Jr. was...

Dr. Carter Goodwin Woodson, noted historian and author and alumnus of the University of Chicago, is the reason we celebrate Black History month today. Afte...

Later this week, former Illinois Senate President Phil Rock will be laid to rest.  Former President Rock played a pivotal role in the creation of the RTA, ad...

The 2013-2018  Regional Transit Strategic Plan, a collaboration between the RTA, CTA, Metra and Pace, has four goals. Goal number three is to promote a green...

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[caption id="attachment_1073" align="alignright" width="3008"] Charrette participants discuss potential pedestrian access improvement at the Route 59 Metra S...

You may have read on this blog and elsewhere recently about the passage late last year of the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act, which restore...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OOG1DBBXlw] One year ago we launched the Ride On. marketing campaign across the Chicagoland region in coordination...