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Again, I want to thank the United States Congress and especially members of the Illinois delegation for the support of public transportation in our region an...

[caption id="attachment_602" align="alignnone" width="229"] Bea Reyna-Hickey[/caption] Congratulations to our very own Bea Reyna-Hickey, Chief Financial Off...

This five-year package, which includes $61 billion for public transportation, makes critical long-term investments in the nation’s transit networks and pro...

I am proud to have sent a letter today on behalf of the RTA staff, Board of Directors and regional riders, to our region's federal delegation, thanking them ...

[caption id="attachment_550" align="alignnone" width="250"] RTA Chairman Kirk Dillard speaking at the Newsmakers’ FORUM sponsored by the Daily Herald Busines...

[caption id="attachment_522" align="alignleft" width="3008"] Metra Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer Don Orseno (center) discusses Metra's 2016 ...

After several years of relying on stopgap measures to fund the nation’s transportation infrastructure needs, Congress is moving towards passing a long-term h...

A meaningful editorial by RTA Chairman Kirk Dillard appeared in the Chicago Sun Times yesterday.  We thought you might like to read it, so we've inserted it ...

More and more, riders in the RTA region know a transportation eco-system exists in our region, and its backbone is the six-county public transportation syste...

Two bus routes are being restored as pilots due to the CTA listening to its riders. The CTA announced that it is bringing back the #11 Lincoln Avenue and 31s...

The Chicago Tribune's Richard Wronski just published a piece that gives Chicago a dubious honor and gives us all more proof that the RTA region's infamous tr...