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No more free rides for seniors after Labor Day
The Regional Transportation Authority is ending its free ride program for more than 250,000 Chicago-area seniors later this summer. Diane Palmer, spokeswoman for the RTA, said that the transit service’s…
CTA to look for corporate sponsors for buses, trains
Chicago Transit Authority riders might be seeing the Addison Red Line stop brought to you by the Chicago Cubs soon. The CTA is looking for corporate sponsors for its trains, buses and “el” stops. A CTA spokeswoman says it hopes to get sponsorship deals by spring. The transit agency will be looking for a consulting firm to find a corporate sponsor for something as big as, say, the naming rights to the Red Line. Charlie Wheelan, an economist at the University of Chicago, said, “You’ve got to look at this deal not relative to whether you like it or not, but what are the alternatives?”
Chicago man dies trying to catch bus
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say a 53-year-old man died when he fell under the Chicago Transit Authority bus he was trying to catch on the city’s West Side. Officer…
ATU Local 241 lawsuit filings against CTA now complete
ATU Attorney Joe Pass says CTA management is “untrustworthy,” considers additional action At a news conference Wednesday at ATU Local 241 headquarters, Local 241 attorney Joe Pass stated the union’s…
House votes to limit free rides for seniors
The Illinois House voted overwhelmingly today to scale back the free-rides-for-seniors program on public transit systems that ex-Gov. Blagojevich put in place. The House voted 83-27, with three other representatives…
CTA claims bus driver broke the rules
CHICAGO — Sandra Simmons says she’s done nothing wrong and the CTA is trying to make an example of her. The CTA bus driver acknowledges that she distributed a flier…
Man injured after being clipped by CTA
Chicago — A bicyclist was hospitalized after being clipped by a CTA train Tuesday evening in the Northwest Side Lincoln Square neighborhood. Emergency crews responded to the incident at the…
CTA union threatens slowdown
Laid-off workers like CTA bus driver Robert Williams, appearing with union leaders today, to claim that CTA cutbacks have hit people a lot harder than has been reported. Especially on…
CTA blue, red line weekend maintenance
Maintenance work will affect overnight Blue and Red Line passengers this weekend Downtown and on the Near North Side. Extra travel time is recommended. Blue Line trains in both directions…
Man sues City of Chicago, cops over videotaped confrontation on CTA bus
A CTA bus passenger filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday claiming he was battered and falsely arrested on a North Side bus last year — an incident that went viral on…