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Pace quietly changing bus stop policy

— August 28, 2017

Since the mid-2000s, Pace suburban bus transit agency has been quietly and gradually changing the way its buses pick up and drop off passengers. Even before Pace was created in 1983,…

CTA boosts rush-hour service on Green Line
— July 18, 2017

As the Chicago Transit Authority works to expand 95th/Dan Ryan L station, Red Line’s southern terminal, it sent some of the trains that would normally serve it to the nearby Green…
CTA marks 125th anniversary of the ‘L’ with old-school train rides
— June 12, 2017

The CTA trains were slower than usual on the elevated Loop tracks on June 6 — and for a good reason. Passengers waited on the crowded inner platform of Washington/Wells station, looking…
CTA holiday train offers ‘bit of happiness’ in December cold
— December 15, 2016

Fans of the CTA Holiday Train could receive complimentary mini cellophane-wrapped candy canes on the Purple Line on Dec. 14. But many riders asked for the commemorative white, red and…
Blue Line extension to 1st Avenue dying on the vine
— July 18, 2016

A proposed extension of the CTA’s Blue Line rapid transit service from its present terminus in Forest Park west to 1st Avenue in Maywood now looks unlikely to happen anytime soon….

Classic buses spotlighted for CTA’s 70th anniversary
— July 17, 2017

The No. 81 Lawrence Avenue bus parked at the downtown Daley Center Plaza looked ready to resume service at a moment’s notice last week. The 57-year-old vehicle and two others rehabilitated…
Edgewater development seen as benefit to Chicago’s Northeast side
— April 24, 2017

Sam Wickman, at first, was opposed to a six-story development in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood, feeling it would alter the character of the Northeast Side of the city. However,…
CTA’s Red, Purple line improvements take toll on ward
— December 5, 2016

Thomas Tunney knows that for the good of the city, modernization efforts on the Chicago Transit Authority’s Red and Purple lines need to move forward. However, that doesn’t make…