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

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

Archive RTA Funds Much of Palatine TOD Plan

We are pleased to report that the Village of Palatine’s recently approved Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Plan is funded by the RTA’s Community Planning p...

November 29, 2016

Archive RTA Chairman Dillard Speaks at City Club: Transit Critical to Regional Economy

It was my pleasure today to hear RTA Chairman Kirk Dillard speak at Chicago's City Club. Chairman Dillard is a true advocate for more funding for public tran...

November 21, 2016

Archive Customer Satisfaction Is Important

Customer satisfaction surveys are now available for transit riders So, what do you think of public transportation in the Chicagoland region? With a new roun...

November 16, 2016

Archive Small, Minority-Owned Businesses Learn How to Contract with Transit, Transportation Agencies

The Transportation Symposium and Business Exchange is an event that focuses on providing information on obtaining transit agency contracts Earlier today I to...

November 15, 2016

Archive Transit-Oriented Transformation

The RTA allocated funding for installation of new sidewalks and crosswalks to implement recommendations from Rolling Meadows' Golf Road corridor plan. By Bri...

November 7, 2016

Archive Don't miss the fun: take transit!

Tomorrow is the party you don't want to miss. The one it's taken us 108 years to get invited to. The one fathers and sons and mothers and daughters have bee...

November 3, 2016

Archive Transit is a Winning Team!

Great sport CEO and GM of Greater Cleveland RTA Joe Calabrese wearing a Cubs sweatshirt and hat on Cleveland transit earlier today. As you may remember, I e...

November 3, 2016

Archive This is a big night! You're thinking public hearings, right?

We at the RTA know you may have plans tonight. There is an event we may all want to watch. However, we want to remind you that today also starts two afternoo...

November 2, 2016

Archive Transit and Sports: We're all for the hometown team

Tonight, as the Cubs prepare for this "do or die" game, all of us here at the RTA are rooting for our region to win. It doesn't matter if you're a south side...

November 1, 2016

Archive Let's Hope Game 1 is Game Won!

As many of you know, I am not a Chicago native. I was born and raised in Australia. But, I have come to think of our region and the great City of Chicago as...

October 25, 2016

Archive RTA Staff Sees Metra's Hard Work First Hand: A Capital Idea!

Karin Allen, Principal Analyst, Capital Programming and Performance Analysis, RTA As a member of the RTA team that focuses on transit-related capital proj...

October 24, 2016