RTA proposes more bus and train service, fare hikes and stronger central agency as lawmakers prepare to debate future of transit
CTA trains every five to 10 minutes all day and better Metra service at midday, nights and weekends. One app for fares and ...
CTA President Dorval Carter to retire as head of transit agency
CHICAGO (WLS) -- CTA President Dorval Carter, Jr. announced Monday he will retire as head of the transit agency at the end of ...
CTA trains require a lot of power, but only 11% is currently from renewable sources
It turns out more of the electricity that powers the trains is generated by fossil fuels that warm the climate than by renewable sources like wind or solar power.
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The CTA Holiday Train and Bus are back: Here's how to ride, when you can see them
CHICAGO - The CTA Holiday Train, one of Chicago's most-beloved traditions, returns this month to spread seasonal cheer. The Allstate CTA Holiday Train will push off on Nov. 29, along all eight ...
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Metra and CTA prepping for extreme cold on Monday; Amtrak cancels some Chicago trains
Metra, Amtrak, and the CTA are monitoring the incoming frigid ... "Our engineering forces – and those are the people who maintain the railroad, the tracks the stations and stuff – will ramp ...
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CTA chief of staff to become acting president after Dorval Carter’s retirement
CTA chief of staff Nora Leerhsen will become the acting president of the transit agency, taking over after Dorval Carter’s retirement at the end of January. Leerhsen, a high-level CTA official ...
Editorial: Dorval Carter was an ineffective CTA leader. Now Chicago needs a new ‘Train Daddy,’ or ‘Mommy’
Dorval Carter Jr., who announced his retirement Monday to widespread relief, was no “train daddy,” to use the phrase applied ...
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CTA Boss Dorval Carter Retires After Years Of Mounting Pressure Over Struggling Transit Service
CTA President Dorval Carter's retirement comes as the agency has reeled in substantial federal funding and after numerous Block Club Chicago investigations put a spotlight on how the system's leaders ...
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CTA President Dorval Carter to step down
The transit agency president announced his retirement Monday in a CTA news release, after years in the hot seat as riders complained about unreliable service, conditions on trains and buses and ...
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CTA, Metra, Pace, leaders oppose legislation to merge them into single public transit agency
CTA President Dorval Carter said all agencies already work together very closely. "The model today set up for governance didn't come by accident; it was a hard-negotiated compromise between the ...
Parts of CTA Red, Blue lines affected by overnight work next week, with trains single-tracking
If you use the CTA Red and Blue lines, there will be some overnight service changes next week because of track maintenance.
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Man shot, injured near busy Chicago Loop CTA station
The suspect fled the scene, police said. In an alert, CTA said there were "significant delays" on Green Line trains due to police activity. "Service is resuming, allow extra time," CTA said ...