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Post image: State cuts have forced the region’s transit agencies to consider cutting service or increasing fares, due to overwhelming capital and operations needs. Metra’s recently passed budget includes a 25-cent […]
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A recent change to the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) fare structure may be contributing to bus ridership declines. In 2013, CTA increased the price of one-, three-, seven- and 30-day […]
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Post image: The fifth issue of our local e-newsletters launched today! The local e-newsletters offer a quick read on issues related to bicycling, walking and transit in six Chicagoland regions. […]
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The Chicago region’s current hub-and-spoke transit system leaves nearly half a million Cook County residents stranded in transit deserts.
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