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

Archive Federal Funds "On Track" for CTA Red Line North

Regional riders got some good news yesterday. As you may have read in Crain's Chicago Business or the Chicago Tribune, our region is set to benefit from jus...

January 10, 2017

Archive Resolve to Ride Transit in 2017

Several students who attended the 19th annual Transportation Symposium and Business Exchange were offered positions with vendors. The RTA has an idea for a ...

December 29, 2016

Archive Happy New Year (a few days early!)

As we head into 2017, I wanted to take a moment to look back on 2016 and share what the RTA has accomplished. We think of you, the riders, in all we do. We...

December 28, 2016

Archive 'Tis the Season to Ride...

We prefer not to think of this outer wear as ugly; after all, it's in the eye of the beholder, right? We thought we'd share a bit of RTA holiday joy with y...

December 21, 2016

Archive RTA Sub-Regional Maps Bring Transit Home

Do you remember the 90’s, the era of Michael Jordan and “must see TV,” when everyone sat down on a couch and watched Friends and Seinfeld at the same time? ...

December 15, 2016

Archive RTA Board Approves 2017 Regional Transit Operating Budget and Capital Program

At this morning’s meeting, the RTA Board of Directors unanimously approved the 2017 operating budgets for the RTA, Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), Metra and...

December 15, 2016

Archive Making an Impact: How the RTA's Community Planning Program Is Benefiting the Region

By Chris Szmurlo, Senior Planner, RTA The RTA’s Community Planning program, established in 1998, provides the RTA with a mechanism to enable local governmen...

December 13, 2016

Archive The Envelope Please...

One of the most important functions of the RTA is to review the annual budgets of the CTA, Metra, Pace and ADA Paratransit to ensure they are balanced and co...

December 8, 2016

Archive Vendors: RTA's New On Line "E- Procurement" System Is Easy to Use!

Anyone who runs their own business knows that finding customers can be the hardest work of all. And, for companies who need to buy goods or services, findin...

December 7, 2016

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Archive RTA Supports Bartlett TOD Work

We are pleased to report that Village of Bartlett’s recently adopted Downtown Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Plan is funded through the RTA’s Community P...

December 1, 2016

Archive 2015 Regional Transit Report Cards

The RTA recently released two performance measure reports, the 2015 Regional Report Card and the 2015 Sub-Regional Report that measure and monitor our transi...

November 30, 2016

Archive 2015 Ridership Study Shows Some Growth and Some Room for Improvement

The RTA works with CTA, Metra, and Pace each year to perform a detailed analysis of system ridership trends in our region. The analysis examines ridership b...

November 29, 2016