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    RTA in the News: RTA, Federal Funding continue to connect South Suburban riders to transit with more transit improvements

    October 30, 2015 RTA Blog

    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

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    Public Input Sought for 2016 Budget Hearings

    October 21, 2015 RTA Blog

    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

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    Amtrak Announces Comprehensive Development & Improvement Program for Union Station

    October 16, 2015 RTA Blog

    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

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    RTA Board Meeting Dates for 2016

    October 15, 2015 RTA Blog

    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

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    RTA Releases 2014 Regional Public Transportation Performance Measures

    October 15, 2015 RTA Blog

    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

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    Partners for Clean Air and RTA Keep Us All Smilin’

    October 14, 2015 RTA Blog

    Recently, members of the RTA family participated in the Partners for Clean Air 20th Anniversary Celebration. For nearly a decade, we have been a sponsor of

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    RTA Regional 2014 Transit Ridership Study Finds Some Growth in Down Year

    October 14, 2015 RTA Blog

    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

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    Village of Palatine Starting Work on Transit-Oriented Development Plan

    October 14, 2015 RTA Blog

    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

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    Southwest Suburban Communities Complete Plan to Increase Transit

    October 14, 2015 RTA Blog

    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

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    RTA Moves Transit-Oriented Development Forward Throughout Region

    October 14, 2015 RTA Blog

    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

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    RTA Hosts Access to Transit Workshop

    October 14, 2015 RTA Blog

    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

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    Public Transportation Provides Options

    October 14, 2015 RTA Blog

    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

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    RTA Chairman Kirk Dillard’s Voice in Wall Street Journal

    October 7, 2015 RTA Blog

    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,

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    Today’s RTA Is Part of the Solution

    October 5, 2015 RTA Blog

    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

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    October Was National Community Planning Month

    October 1, 2015 RTA Blog

    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

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    RTA Executive Director Leanne Redden Named WTS Woman of the Year

    October 1, 2015 RTA Blog

    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

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