Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Metra

Fox Lake station. Photo: Katherine Hodges

What It’s Like Riding Every Metra Line to Its Endpoint

By Katherine Hodges | Jan 9, 2019 | 9 Comments

Transit blackbelt Katherine Hodges describes what she encountered on her epic Metra odyssey.

Davon Clark, Mari Cohen, and Danielle Scruggs. Photo: Lynda Lopez

Brainstorming Ideas to Improve Transit at City Bureau’s Public Newsroom Event

By Lynda Lopez | Dec 27, 2018 | 16 Comments

City Bureau fellows discussed Metra's funding challenges, and strategies for improving Metra Electric service.

A Metra Electric District train. Photo: Eric Allix Rogers

Metra Gets a $2M Grant for Positive Train Control

By John Greenfield | Dec 19, 2018 | 1 Comment

The safety technology installation project isn't expected to be completed until 2021.

The Multi Modal Facility. Photo: city of Chicago

O’Hare Multi Modal Facility Will Make Taking Metra to the Airport More Convenient

By John Greenfield | Nov 7, 2018 | 16 Comments

On the downside, the new facility, which features 13 car rental offices, also includes over 2,600 car parking spaces.

A touch screen for collecting Go To 2050 input at the Chicago Architecture Foundation headquarters. Photo CMAP

CMAP Emphasizes Investment in Underserved Communities in ON TO 2050 Plan

By Igor Studenkov | Oct 10, 2018 | 1 Comment

According to CMAP, "Regions that are more inclusive have longer, stronger periods of prosperity and shorter periods of stagnation."

Some of Metra's coaches were built in 1953. Photo: railsr4me/Flickr

Chicagoland Transit Agencies are Asking for the Capital Funding They Deserve

By Igor Studenkov | Aug 21, 2018 | 7 Comments

The Regional Transportation Authority and the three transit agencies operating under its umbrella – Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pace Suburban Bus – are making a forceful case for substantially more capital funding than they are currently getting. The federal and state funding for public transit has been declining over the last 10 years, not […]