Month: October 2015

Did you catch the Daily SouthTown’s  October 29th story, Transit-related improvements from Southland, describing just how the RTA has been helping to eliminate barriers for

The RTA is looking for your input! We recently held joint public hearings with Metra about the 2016 proposed regional transportation budgets.  If you had

On October 16, Chairman Dillard joined our partners at Amtrak and Metra to discuss a new program to revitalize Union Station, an important hub for

Don’t forget to pencil in the RTA board dates for 2016. The RTA Board of Directors meets every month and the meetings are open to

The RTA recently released our 2014 annual reports on the region’s public transportation system’s performance.  The RTA is the only unit of local government charged

CTA Rail and Metra Ridership Hit New Highs In a year that saw an overall decrease in regional ridership in the six-county Northeast Illinois Regional

The Village of Palatine, located about 30 miles northwest of Chicago announced plans to develop a transit-oriented development (TOD) plan to enhance the area surrounding

The Southwest Conference of Mayors recently announced the completion of the Cicero Avenue Corridor Plan that developed strategies to increase multi-modal transportation along Cicero Avenue

The Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) is a leader in fostering Transit Oriented Development (TOD) creation in the six-county RTA region and is proud to support

The RTA, in partnership with DePaul University’s Chaddick Institute, recently hosted the second annual access to transit workshop, Access to Transit: Connecting through Corridors. This

If you want to get around congested areas and traffic, public transportation can provide a variety of safe affordable options.  In a recent post, Crain’s

I’m happy to report that a recent letter to the editor that I wrote was published in the Wall Street Journal.  Since it was passed,

RTA Isn’t the Problem We agree with Greg Hinz’s story that billions of dollars are needed to complete the renovation of the Chicago Transit Authority

October was National Community Planning Month — and this year’s theme was Healthy Communities, Healthy People. In honor of that, we wanted to share some highlights from

On October 1, the Chicago Chapter of the Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) awarded Executive Director Leanne Redden its 2015 Woman of the Year Award. Founded in 1977, WTS is