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System length. 7,200 mi (11,587.28 km) The Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) is the financial and oversight body for the three transit agencies in northeastern Illinois; the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), Metra, and Pace, which are called Service Boards in the RTA Act. [1] RTA serves Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties.
A new Commuter Rail Division was created to handle commuter rail operations; along with CTA and Pace, it was one of RTA's three "service boards". Metra branding Metra EMD F40C No. 614 in Chicago. The board of the RTA Commuter Rail Division first met in 1984.
In 1974, the Regional Transit Authority (RTA) was created to provide stability in the commuter rail system, as most private commuter companies in the area were beginning to fail. In 1984, RTA created the Commuter Rail Service Board to help with planning an organized commuter rail system in the Chicago area. The board was renamed Metra in
Metra board chairman Brad O'Halloran will speak before the Regional Transportation Authority board on what led to former Metra CEO Alex Clifford's settlement and severance package.
The Chicago Transit Authority ( CTA) is the operator of mass transit in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and some of its suburbs, including the trains of the Chicago "L" and CTA bus service. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 279,146,200, or about 908,400 per weekday as of the fourth quarter of 2023. The CTA is an Illinois independent ...
Legislation that would improve oversight, transparency, accountability and ethical standards for those who serve on the RTA, CTA, PACE and METRA boards received a unanimous approval Thursday in ...
Metra Electric District. The Metra Electric District is an electrified commuter rail line owned and operated by Metra which connects Millennium Station (formerly Randolph Street Station), in downtown Chicago, with the city's southern suburbs. As of 2018, it is the fifth busiest of Metra's 11 lines, after the BNSF, UP-NW, UP-N, and UP-W Lines ...
The study began in 2010 and was performed by Houseal Lavigne and Associates with input from the RTA, Metra, PACE, and BNSF and the public. ... The Village Board, however, is pursuing grant funding ...