On Track: A blog from NITA | Northern Illinois Transit Authority

Archive RTA Kids Celebrate National Public Transportation Career Day

Today is APTA’s National Public Transportation Career Day, a national workforce development initiative that introduces K-12 students to careers in public tra...

May 17, 2018

Archive The RTA Welcomes New Board Member Dr. Brian Sager

Today, the RTA announced the appointment of Dr. Brian Sager as its newest board member, representing McHenry County. Dr. Sager has been the mayor of Woodsto...

May 17, 2018

Archive Make Infrastructure a Priority in Illinois

Infrastructure isn’t sexy. Roads and highways, trains and buses; these are not topics known to elicit a lot of excitement. National Infrastructure Week, May ...

May 14, 2018

Archive Invest in Transit’s Priority Projects: CTA

Imagine you’re a homeowner whose home has been around for close to a century. Naturally, it needs a lot of upkeep. The roof needs new shingles, the appliance...

May 10, 2018

Archive What is Transit Oriented Development?

["This year marks the 20th anniversary of the RTA’s Community Planning program, and the RTA’s involvement in community planning as it relates to public trans...

May 4, 2018

Archive Video: Metra developing and installing Positive Train Control

Did you know Metra has spent more money developing and installing the Positive Train Control (PTC) safety system than it has raised in fare increases in the ...

May 1, 2018

Archive Invest in Transit: Transit is the Core of Mobility

Mobility. It’s in our nature to move and these days we have more options than ever to take us from point A to point B. People now have a plethora of options ...

April 30, 2018

Archive Transit Pros of the Future Clock In: Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day 2018

All of us at the RTA want to thank our colleagues at Metra for hosting our kids (and us) for Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day 2018! Working in transi...

April 26, 2018

Archive It’s Earth Week, Go Green and Save Some Green with Public Transit!

This week, we’re joining CTA, Metra and Pace to celebrate Earth Week, which begins with Earth Day on Sunday, April 22. One of the best ways to celebrate Ear...

April 23, 2018

Archive Regional Public Transit System Ranks High Among Peers

Today we released two reports that focus on how the Chicago region's transit agencies perform in comparison to their peers: the 2016 Regional Peer Review and...

April 19, 2018

Archive It’s Tax Day. We’re here to make your commute a little less taxing.

On Tax Day, the RTA is reminding riders about a tax benefit that is good news for both employers and employees: the RTA Transit Benefit Fare Program. This pr...

April 17, 2018

Access to transit 2018 call for projects collage

Archive Announcing the 2018 Access to Transit Program Call for Projects

We are excited to announce that the call for projects for the RTA’s Access to Transit program is now open. The RTA launched the Access to Transit program in ...

April 16, 2018