Mass Transit

CTA breaks ground on Red Line Extension Project

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) broke ground on the Red Line Extension (RLE) Project. The REL Project will be the largest ...
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CTA Breaks Ground On Red Line Extension — 6 Decades After It Was First Promised

The 5.6-mile, $5.75 billion project will move the Red Line's south end from 95th to 130th Street, and create four new stops ...

CTA derailment and disruptions raise infrastructure funding concerns

CTA officials are still investigating what caused a Yellow Line train to derail last week in Rogers Park​, as transportation ...

Here’s how officials want to spend new transit funding this year

Last fall, state lawmakers approved landmark transit funding legislation they say will transform Chicago-area public transit ...
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CTA Kicks Off Construction on Long-Awaited $5.7B Red Line Extension on Far South Side

The Red Line extension will extend the rail line by more than five miles, starting where the Red Line currently ends, at 95th ...

CTA breaks ground on Red Line Extension. The project ‘corrects’ history, acting CTA head says.

The Chicago Transit Authority on Friday officially began construction on a $5.75 billion rail extension that will bring CTA ...

Groundbreaking Friday on CTA's Red Line extension

The long-anticipated CTA extension was in limbo after the Trump Administration froze approximately $2 billion in funding for ...

CTA ends unarmed guard contract, sparking backlash from some groups

The Chicago Transit Authority abruptly canceled a contract with Monterrey Security last week, removing its unarmed guards ...

First chunk of new transit money to be spent on security, service for CTA, Metra and Pace

The new money will start kicking in June 1, when the RTA is replaced by NITA, the Northern Illinois Transit Authority, which will have expanded powers over the transit agencies it oversees.