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

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:30:09 -0600

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 cuts by shifting capital funding to CTA pay day-to-day bills. Doesn't this leave the CTA living off credit cards, Windy Citizens?

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[Photo] CTA bus crashes through wall into a South Side home, Kool-Aid Man style

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:03:31 -0600

A Chicago Transit Authority bus crashed into a home on the city's south side this morning, injuring four people including one 7-year-old passenger, cops said.

None of the injuries in the crash, which occurred at 115 Street and Vincennes Avenue, were life threatening.

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2 CTA workers suffer electrical burns

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:46:51 -0600

Two Chicago Transit Authority employees suffered electrical burns on CTA train tracks near the Sedgwick station this afternoon.

Both were taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in serious-to-critical condition, said Kevin MacGregor, a Chicago Fire Department spokesman.

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Train hasn't left the station on transit solution

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:46:04 -0600

Fare hikes and service reductions are still on the horizon for public transit users after high-level talks Tuesday failed to solve the budget crises facing the CTA, Metra and Pace.

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Lawmakers reconsider free rides for seniors

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:47:13 -0500

SPRINGFIELD -- Lawmakers are thinking about scaling back free bus and train rides for all but the poorest seniors to help cash-strapped transit agencies, a move that carries the risk of alienating a large group of voters with little more than three months until the primary election.

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CTA, Apple discuss deal to improve North/Clybourn station

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:48:38 -0500

Will riders of the Chicago Transit Authority's Red Line trains be pulling into the Apple iTrain station any time soon?

That's the question being posed after CTA officials today confirmed they were in talks with Apple over the technological giant's plans to fork over millions to refurbish the North/Clybourn station.

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Apple to spend $4 million to erase eyesore North and Clybourn CTA station

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:41:26 -0500

Apple has signed an agreement with the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) to spend nearly $4 million to refurbish a run-down triangle of land next to its future Halsted Street retail store, including a subway entrance building, the underground train platform and a bus turnaround driveway.

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Chicago Transit at a Crossroads

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:19:35 -0500

The latest CTA doomsday shows that Chicago transit is on its way to being a social safety net service with a commuter rail operation on the side.

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Mayor Daley places big bet on high tech

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:15:00 -0500

The mayor has decided to use $20 million from the proceeds of his controversial parking meter sale to create a new "Tech Corps" which will employ out-of-work technology professionals in Chicago. It is part of a larger plan to bolster tech training in Chicago Public Schools, attract and retain tech companies, and keep skilled professionals in the area despite a bad economy.

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Daley: CTA Fare Hike Plan Is 'Very, Very Ugly'

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:36:05 -0500

The CTA's plan to cut service dramatically and raise fares as high as $3 for express bus and rapid transit service is "very, very ugly," but so is the 30 percent drop-off in local tax revenue that created the crisis, Mayor Richard M. Daley said Tuesday.

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