Homewood plans for new downtown TIF district, public hearing set for March
Homewood officials plan a tax increment financing district in the village’s downtown near the Metra Electric Line station.
Some transit agencies signal support of RTA's plan for increased authority as alternate to merger
Metra and Pace generally support a strengthened RTA after its chairman, Kirk Dillard, laid out a vision that requires $1.5 ...
RTA seeks expanded authority over CTA, Metra, Pace as solution to transit 'fiscal cliff'
Chicago's transit agency leaders spent the past year rejecting the idea of consolidation in exchange for more funding. The ...
RTA proposes more bus and train service, fare hikes and stronger central agency as lawmakers prepare to debate future of transit
CTA trains every five to 10 minutes all day and better Metra service at midday, nights and weekends. One app for fares and ...
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Making its move: RTA proposes universal fares, more trains, cost cuts to counter merger plan
Amid a $770 million budget gap facing Metra, Pace and the CTA, and a proposal to merge the three into a supersized agency, ...
Chicago Officials Pitch $1.5 Billion Plan to Fix Transit Woes
Chicago transit officials are advocating for a $1.5 billion annual funding package to help keep one of the country’s largest ...
Brightline Raising $2.5 Billion Of Private Funds For Vegas-To-L.A. Bullet Train
If the 218-mile project opens as planned by 2028 it will be the first true high-speed railway in the U.S It predicts $1.4 ...
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Region native retires as longest serving ISP superintendent
Doug Carter, who was born and raised in LaPorte, followed in the steps of his father, also a state police trooper, according ...
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California gives up on zero-emissions locomotive regulation
The California Air Resources Board has scrapped its controversial rule that would have required the use of zero-emissions ...