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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.
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.
Water. Chicago waterways are used extensively for commercial shipping, passenger ferry service, and recreational boating. Navigable waterways within Chicago include Lake Michigan, the Chicago River, the Calumet River, and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.
In September, Illinois American Water employees across the state participated in the Company’s AmerICANs in Action Month of Service campaign. Through the program, teams volunteer and contribute ...
The CTA is an Illinois independent governmental agency that started operations on October 1, 1947, upon the purchase and combination of the transportation assets of the Chicago Rapid Transit Company and the Chicago Surface Lines streetcar system.
CHICAGO — New rush hour trains will be added to Metra's Union Pacific North Line schedule on May 20, coinciding with the opening of a new station in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood.
The Chicago Department of Transportation ( CDOT / ˈsiːdɒt /) is an executive department of the City of Chicago [3] responsible for the safety, environmental sustainability, maintenance, and aesthetics of the surface transportation networks and public ways within the city. [4] This includes the planning, design, construction, and management ...
The Metra Police Department was created to protect the eleven rail lines and 242 stations in metropolitan Chicago's commuter rail system, Metra. 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 city of Chicago has tentatively agreed to pay almost $6 million to settle a lawsuit against the Water Department. The suit alleged Black employees who said they endured years of racism and sexism.
The Washington Street Tunnel was the first traffic tunnel under the Chicago River. J.L. Lake was awarded the contract to construct the tunnel in July 1867 and its construction was completed January 1, 1869.