Connections Blog

October was National Community Planning Month — and this year’s theme was Healthy Communities, Healthy People. In honor of that, we wanted to share some high...

On October 1, the Chicago Chapter of the Women's Transportation Seminar (WTS) awarded Executive Director Leanne Redden its 2015 Woman of the Year Award. Foun...

Recently, RTA Executive Director Leanne Redden had the great pleasure of addressing the National Shared Mobility Summit. We thought we would share her remar...

The Chicago Transit Authority is a convenient and affordable transit option for those traveling to events throughout Chicago this weekend. Additional service...

Signs that fall is becoming winter are popping up all around us: students have  settled into another school year, the Chicago Bears are back on the gridiron ...

Recently our friends over at the Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC), launched its "Grow Chicago" campaign. The campaign is designed to educate and advocate ...

Students across the RTA region are heading back to school and for many, public transportation is the best way to get back to the classroom.  Public transport...

Dear Editor: Jon Hilkevitch’s (Chicago Traffic Among Worst; August 26, 2015) leaves no room for doubt: regional residents should take CTA, Metra or Pace aro...

End of summer fun is just a short ride away and the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) is reminding riders that they can beat the traffic by taking the ...

The Regional Transportation Authority (RTA), Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), Metra and Pace joined the more than 56 million Americans with disabilities in c...