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The 2026 RTA Community Planning and Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) Technical Assistance Program application opens March 30, 2026. Every year...

This month, two new projects that will make new development in two communities throughout the Chicago region more equitable, accessible, and transit-friendly...

On December 16, 2025, Governor JB Pritzker signed the Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA) Act, a significant transit funding and reform package that w...

2026 will be a major year of transition for Chicago’s regional transit system. Governor Pritzker’s signing of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act (Pu...

Last month, the Village of Robbins Board of Trustees adopted equitable transit-oriented development (ETOD) zoning code amendments developed with the RTA’s as...

The RTA has released the Proposed 2026 Regional Transit Operating Budget and Five-Year Capital Program for download and public comment. The budget comes on t...

A new era has begun for transit in the Chicago region. In the early morning hours of October 31, the Illinois General Assembly passed SB 2111, a landmark tra...

An RTA Community Planning project to support the expansion of Pace Pulse service to Chicago’s south suburbs is now complete. The Far South Halsted Corridor S...

This year, more than 20,000 letters have been sent to Illinois legislators through RTA’s Save Transit Now campaign, urging them to pass sustainable transit f...

As Illinois legislators continue to discuss and consider ways to address the Chicago region’s looming transit fiscal cliff, there’s value in reviewing how tr...

Since the release of the Transit is the Answer strategic plan in 2023, RTA has consistently advocated for lasting change to Illinois’ 50% farebox recovery ra...

As the fiscal cliff approaches and legislative discussions about funding and reform continue, one thing many agree on is the need for the regional authority ...