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Website. transitchicago.com. 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.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) provides local and express bus, subway, and commuter rail service in Greater New York, and operates multiple toll bridges and tunnels in New York City. Overview.
Membership (US records; ×1000) [1] Transport Workers Union of America (TWU) is a United States labor union that was founded in 1934 by subway workers in New York City, then expanded to represent transit employees in other cities, primarily in the eastern U.S. This article discusses the parent union and its largest local, Local 100, which ...
There are currently 785,800 public sector workers in the state, down 7.8% from 2010. Find out what's happening in Chicago with free, real-time updates from Patch. Subscribe
By Brett Rowland, The Center Square: Metra, the commuter rail system that serves Chicago and its suburbs, could face fresh challenges when federal operating funds run out in 2025. A transit...
Senators unanimously approved Sen. Laura Fine's amended bill mandating state employees live within the borders of Illinois Wednesday.
The Metra Police Department was created to protect the eleven rail lines and 242 stations in metropolitan Chicago 's commuter rail system, Metra. [2] The primary function of the Metra Police Department is to protect Metra passengers, employees, assets (trains and stations), enforce criminal laws, traffic laws and ordinances that directly or ...
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. RTA serves Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties.
CHICAGO, IL — A Chicago Transit Authority employee was involved in a shooting early Saturday at the 95th Street and Dan Ryan Red Line Station on the South Side, according to CTA officials.
Metra is the descendant of numerous commuter rail services dating to the 1850s. The present system dates to 1974, when the Illinois General Assembly established the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) to consolidate all public transit operations in the Chicago area, including commuter rail.