Ogilvie ticket verification booths are a symptom of harmful Metra / Union Pacific conflict
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The Active Transportation Alliance spokesman says that this brinkmanship is bad for rail employees and the commuting public.
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A Green New Deal for Illinois Transportation
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California just outlawed the sale of gas-powered vehicles by 2035. Illinois should go way further than that with a comprehensive plan to reduce transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions.
Lack of federal aid could reduce transit to 55K Chicagoland jobs, strand 210K people
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The Active Transportation Alliance is asking Chicagoland residents to contact elected officials to ask them to support the $32 billion in emergency funding for transit.
Metra may revamp fare structure, introduce new passes
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As Metra prepares its 2021 budget amidst a 90-percent ridership drop, the commuter railroad is considering substantial changes its fare structure and service patterns.
CMAP, ATA, and CDOT discuss pandemic transportation challenges, and the way forward
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Car traffic is on its way back to pre-pandemic levels, but transit ridership is still way down, and without further intervention, the agencies have to resort to drastic service cuts.
Idiocy or genius? The South Shore Line tries quarantining anti-maskers in a separate car
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Is the commuter railroad's unique approach to dealing with COVID deniers on trains completely misguided, or so gosh darn irrational that it just might work?