Some transit agencies signal support of RTA's plan for increased authority as alternate to merger
Metra and Pace generally support a strengthened RTA after its chairman, Kirk Dillard, laid out a vision that requires $1.5 ...
RTA seeks expanded authority over CTA, Metra, Pace to remedy transit funding crisis
Chicago's transit agency leaders spent the last year rejecting the idea of consolidation in exchange for more funding. The ...
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RTA Wants Lawmakers to Boost Its Authority to Oversee, Coordinate Chicago-Area Transit
The proposal comes as the Chicago region’s transit agencies are facing down an estimated $750 million fiscal cliff next year ...
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RTA pitches Springfield on $1.5B revamp to save and even enhance service
Chicago-area transit leaders are making their ... new revenue would force a 40% reduction in current service, the RTA says. The economic impact of such cuts would be enormous, Dillard argues.
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RTA seeks expanded authority over CTA, Metra, Pace as solution to transit ‘fiscal cliff’
According to the plan, which Dillard expects to lay out Wednesday afternoon at the City Club of Chicago, the RTA would allow the CTA, Pace and Metra to maintain control over their day-to-day ...