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RTA chairman appeals for more control over transit agencies

Mon, 04/07/2014 - 4:27pm

Regional Transportation Authority Board Chairman John Gates said Monday that giving RTA more power is the only way to reform Chicago-area transit governance.  

Addressing a City Club of Chicago audience that included Metra CEO Don Orseno and other transit officials, Gates’ speech follows last week’s report from Gov. Pat Quinn’s Northeastern Illinois Public Transit Task Force that demanded changes to the governance models and ethical code at Metra, RTA, the Chicago Transit Authority and Pace Suburban Bus Service.

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NTSB: Sensors too far back in O'Hare train crash

Mon, 04/07/2014 - 4:22pm

United, American only airlines to improve on-time performance in 2013

Mon, 04/07/2014 - 11:00am

CTA fires L operator after crash, revamps scheduling rules

Fri, 04/04/2014 - 4:12pm

CTA won't perform work on Addison stop during Cubs home opener

Fri, 04/04/2014 - 1:53pm

Metra management will get pay raises

Thu, 04/03/2014 - 4:21pm

Non-union Metra employees, including managers, directors, and other senior staff members, will enjoy raises this year, Metra CEO Don Orseno announced Thursday at a City Club of Chicago speech.

About 450 employees will split $2.4 million, which comes to an average 8 percent pay hike per employee. Orseno said that the raises, which total 0.3 percent of Metra’s annual operating budget, are needed to keep high-quality staff in positions that often have much larger paychecks in the private sector.

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Ashland express bus: Urban planner asks neighbors to compromise

Thu, 04/03/2014 - 12:07pm

Blue Line construction between Western and Damen starts this weekend

Wed, 04/02/2014 - 11:29am

O'Hare, Midway to get more customs, border agents

Tue, 04/01/2014 - 3:45pm

Transit Task Force co-chair: RTA is out of chances

Mon, 03/31/2014 - 4:27pm

The Northeastern Illinois Public Transit Task Force issued its final recommendations Monday, including a plan to scotch the Regional Transportation Authority and consolidate the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra, and Pace Suburban Bus Service into one “superagency.”

The recommendations will now go for consideration to Gov. Pat Quinn, who convened the panel, and the General Assembly. Task force members said that they were optimistic that the state Legislature, which created the RTA in the early 1970s, would adopt at least some of their recommendations.

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