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

July celebrates the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The ADA and the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA) give civil rights protection...

July 6, 2017

Archive Mayor Emanuel Op-Ed in New York Times Points to High CTA Customer Satisfaction

In an op-ed in this morning’s New York Times, Mayor Emanuel made the case for the importance of funding public transportation not only in Chicago and the RTA...

July 3, 2017

Archive Public Comment Period Begins Today for Proposed Section 5310 Program of Continuation Projects

Today we announced the opening of the public comment period for twelve projects proposed as part of the Section 5310 Program of Projects. The Enhanced Mobili...

June 30, 2017

Archive Sharing TOD Success Stories Around the Region

["By Brian Hacker\n\nSenior Planner, Local Planning & Programs\n\nWith the RTA’s Community Planning program currently accepting applications for new proj...

June 28, 2017

Archive Board Member Spotlight: Director Phil Fuentes Wins MALDEF Award

On behalf of the RTA, I want to congratulate Director Phil Fuentes, who received the Corporate Social Responsibility Award from the Mexican American Legal De...

June 27, 2017

Archive Take “Pride” in Your Public Transportation System

Chicago’s 48th Annual Pride Parade takes place on Sunday, June 25th and kicks off at Montrose & Broadway at noon. Crowd estimates each year are in the hu...

June 19, 2017

Archive Dump the Pump was a Success!

["Yesterday we joined the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), Metra and Pace Bus to celebrate the 12th annual Dump the Pump Day, a national initiative that prom...

June 16, 2017

Archive Today’s the Day to Dump the Pump!

Here’s where transit riders can get free ‘Coffee from Cubic’ [caption id="attachment_4049" align="alignnone" width="1536"] RTA Chairman Dillard celebratin...

June 15, 2017

Archive Regional Transit Agencies Thank Riders and Celebrate Dump the Pump Day 2017

Riders can sip a free ‘Coffee from Cubic’ at three transit locations on Thursday During the morning rush hour this Thursday, the RTA, CTA, Metra and Pace, al...

June 12, 2017

Archive Public Transportation and Economic Development: It’s Time to Join the Club

We know that nearly 50 companies have moved to Chicago in the past six years, and that the regional public transportation system is a big reason why they cho...

June 8, 2017

Archive Happy 125th Birthday to Chicago’s Famous ‘L’

Today, the RTA wishes the ‘L’ a happy 125th birthday! Chicago is well known for many things: deep dish pizza, hot dogs, tall skyscrapers and traffic. The ...

June 6, 2017

Archive With Weather Like This, Add Biking to Your Commute and Get Ready for June's Bike Commuter Challenge

Contributed by the Active Transportation Alliance When Bicycling magazine named Chicago the #1 city for biking in the nation last year, it was a feather in ...

May 30, 2017