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Taxi Fare Finder Chicago - Estimate Your Taxi Cab Fare in Chicago

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Welcome to Taxi Fare Finder - This page will calculate the Chicago cab fares when you insert your travel information in the fields provided below.

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Thugs Snatchings iphones on the Green Line

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It appears that thieves may be targeting Oak Park residents on the Green Line and snatching their iPhones right out of their hands while they are riding the train.

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The CTA Holiday Train has arrived

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Find out where and when the holiday train will stop at your station. More... (141 views)

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tracyswartz posted 3 days ago
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Alleged scam on the CTA Red Line

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A rider details a scam he said he saw Monday on the Red Line.

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tracyswartz posted 5 days ago
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The CTA Holiday Train is back

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Here's the schedule for the CTA Holiday Train, now in its 18th year.

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tracyswartz posted 5 days ago
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Transit workers to picket at CTA headquarters, strike possible

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With transit unions not conceding to CTA demands, there's talk of a strike. Union members are expected to picket outside CTA headquarters Wednesday.

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AlexParker posted 1 week ago
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Hey CTA, how much does that heater cost?

Hey CTA, how much does that heater cost?

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A reader writes in: $0.14 / kiloWatt hour * 3.2 kiloWatts / heater * 24 hours / day * 30 days / month * [5] months =

$1,612.80 per heater!!!

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crushgear posted 1 week ago
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CTA Union Leader Urges Long-Term Funding Fix

CTA Union Leader Urges Long-Term Funding Fix

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The head of the CTA rail transit workers union urges adoption of a Pennsylvanian plan which transferred tollway receipts & sales taxes to fund the beleagured mass transit au More... (125 views)

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qstrian posted 1 week ago
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Chicago Tribune Faults Governor Quinn's CTA Bailout Plan

Chicago Tribune Faults Governor Quinn's CTA Bailout Plan

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Piling debt upon the Regional Transportation Administration is no way to razzle dazzle the CTA out of a $300 Million operating budget shortfall, so opines the Chicago Tribune. More... (205 views)

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qstrian posted 1 week ago
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Gov. Quinn to CTA Riders: Lower Fares More Important than Useful Service

Gov. Quinn to CTA Riders: Lower Fares More Important than Useful Service

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Here we go again. Is it something in the water? Why do Illinois politicians always think Chicagoans want to pay low fares...for NO transit service?

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Mike Doyle posted 1 week ago
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Deal Averts CTA Fare Hikes, Not $90M Service Cuts

Deal Averts CTA Fare Hikes, Not $90M Service Cuts

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Crain's Greg Hinz reports that Governor Patrick Quinn, the RTA, Chicago Transit Authority, PACE & METRA officials have worked out a deal to avert fare hikes & service cu More... (202 views)

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qstrian posted 1 week ago
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Data: How much faster are express buses? (Not much!)

Data: How much faster are express buses? (Not much!)

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No. 3-King-Drive bus runs between 95th Street and King Drive and the Near North Side » If both buses left for the North Side at 8:01 a.m. ... More... (167 views)

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crushgear posted 2 weeks ago
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Can CTA avoid the annual doomsday scenario?

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How can the CTA fix its annual budget problems?

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AlexParker posted 2 weeks ago
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CTA Morse Station Melodrama Fading with the Facts

CTA Morse Station Melodrama Fading with the Facts

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The Chicago Tribune & columnist Eric Zorn report that eyewitnesses have shed doubt on one mother's claim of her child's exciting ride down the Morse Street CTA Red Line plat More... (112 views)

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qstrian posted 2 weeks ago
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Recap of the CTA community meetings

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RedEye looks at typical complaints voiced at the community meetings about the proposed CTA fare hikes and service cuts.

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tracyswartz posted 2 weeks ago
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