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Metra agreed to pay its lobbyist as much as $4.65 million in part for work related to a looming transit budget crisis, even as agency leaders brace for a potential shortage of cash caused by the ...
She previously worked as a digital producer and senior digital producer for ABC7 Chicago. Metra Union Pacific-Northwest trains are moving again after an outbound train struck a vehicle near ...
A Metra train was stopped in Chicago's southwest suburbs in the middle of the afternoon rush Thursday, after it hit a semi-trailer truck on the tracks. Metra Heritage Corridor Train 915 was ...
A transportation nightmare is looming over Chicago, where a $730 million hole in the regional mass transit budget could force ...
Some west suburban Metra rains Monday afternoon were stopped and faced "extensive delays" due to police activity, Metra said in statements posted to social media. The Metra UP-W line, which runs ...
The event, dubbed a "Day of Action" by workers comes as COVID grant money is set to run out for Chicago-area transit agencies, including the CTA, Metra and Pace. In a report from the Regional ...
The RTA, which coordinates the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pace, is facing a $770 million fiscal cliff next year when federal COVID relief funds run out. The transit agencies want ...
But beyond disagreeing on the city’s overall financial footing, they have quite different views on some major projects, including a new police station and renovations to the city’s Metra ...
PALATINE, Ill. (WGN) — Delays are expected to be “extensive” during the Wednesday evening rush along Metra’s Union Pacific Northwest Line after a train struck a vehicle. Outbound trains ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Trains and buses on the chopping block. The government agency that oversees Metra, Pace and the CTA are worried about deep cuts to public transportation. "We have been facing ...
1 In 5 Chicagoans will lose access to CTA, Pace, Metra if state doesn’t fund public transit, RTA says: “The Regional Transit Authority is calling on state lawmakers to fill the gap to avoid ...