Chicago to spend $2B on new rail cars

Feb. 7, 2013
Chicago transit officials are planning to spend up to $2 billion on a new generation of rail cars to modernize the nation's second-largest mass transit system.

Jail for Jesse Jackson Jr.?

Feb. 7, 2013
Also: New CTA trains / Jon Stewart mocks Obama / Chicago toilets / Standardized test protest / Earth-like planets.

Please don't kiss the CTA

Feb. 5, 2013
Don't kiss the windows of your El car or bus.

‘L’ train rides up in 2012, but some stations’ traffic dropped

Jan. 30, 2013
For the Red Line’s 95th Street in particular, riders say crime and grime keep commuters away.

CTA: Ridership highest in 22 years

Jan. 30, 2013
The CTA said that ridership grew to 545.6 million rides last year, an increase of 2.4 percent from 2011. The transit authority also said that rail ridership is at its highest in 50 years.

Chicago's toilet trouble / Red Line revival / Radio host charged

Jan. 29, 2013
Also: Twitter's world / Boy Scouts' honor / iPhone apps

City planners push boldest bus rapid transit option

Jan. 28, 2013
The design favored by top Chicago staffers would preserve parking on both sides of Ashland Avenue but eliminate two traffic lanes.

Caterer to open cafes at 2 Chicago train stations

Jan. 12, 2013
Wilmette-based Butterfield Kitchen will operate cafes at the Roosevelt station serving the Orange, Green and Red Lines and at the Jefferson Park Blue Line station.

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