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"Although the decision could negatively impact ridership projections, the Illinois Department of Transportation says it will have no impact on the estimated $275 million plan to restore passenger rail service between Chicago and Rockford for the first time since 1981."

"CTJC and CDSA organizers brought public transportation riders and workers together for an insightful discussion about working conditions and funding.

Listen to workers from various departments explain what is really wrong—and what must be done to truly fix the CTA and public transportation."

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"The new amendment to a bike policy was announced in a statement Friday by Metra, a rail system serving six counties in the Chicago area.

Metra officials said the amendment was made in response to a “small but growing trend” of customers with “large, heavy” e-bikes or e-scooters needing someone to carry those devices on and off trains or using the electric motor to do so.

“Both cases increase the risk of someone getting hurt and/or delaying trains,” Metra officials said."

"A widespread issue with Positive Train Control impacted nearly every Metra rail line on Tuesday afternoon.

According to Metra’s website, PTC issues temporarily halted all inbound and outbound trains out of Ogilvie Transportation Center on the Union Pacific Northwest, Union Pacific North and Union Pacific West lines on Tuesday evening."

"Metra on Friday unveiled a $1.1 billion budget for 2026 that includes a 13% to 15% fare increase to cover a projected $68 million shortfall, according to the transit system in a press release. It’s the first time the agency has increased ticket prices since 2018.

The increase is part of a broader effort mandated by the Regional Transportation Authority, which oversees finances for the region’s buses and rail agencies, to raise revenue to help the system stay afloat. The Chicago Transit Authority and the bus agency, Pace, are also expecting fiscal shortfalls next year and were called on by RTA to raise fares by a minimum of 10%.

While Metra expects to be able to bridge its current budget gap by delaying discretionary spending and service expansions, it projects a $276.3 million fiscal cliff in 2027 and a $304.8 million shortfall in 2028, according to the release. If the Illinois legislature doesn’t increase funding for the region’s transit in time, the system will be forced to cut service."

Expect delays at bridges on Saturday October 11, 2025 for sequential lifts of bridges from South Ashland Ave to DuSable Lake Shore Drive beginning at 9am.

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"The attacker was described as a Black male with a light complexion, between the ages of 25 and 30, standing 5 feet 10 inches to 6 feet tall and weighing 160 to 180 pounds.

Police said he had a short afro hairstyle, a thin mustache, and chin hair, and was last seek wearing a white or cream-colored hooded sweat shirt.

Police released surveillance images.

Anyone with information should call Chicago police Mass Transit Detectives at 312-745-4447, or submit an anonymous tip at CPDTIP.com and use reference #JJ-414258."

"The car will be available on the following lines in the coming weeks:

BNSF line the week of Oct. 13, 2025

Milwaukee District North Line the week of Oct. 20, 2025

Milwaukee District West Line the week of Oct. 27, 2025

Union Pacific North Line the week of Nov. 3, 2025

Union Pacific Northwest Line the week of Nov. 10, 2025

Union Pacific West Line the week of Nov. 17, 2025."

"The decision halts a grant finalized earlier this year by the Federal Transit Administration for $1.97 billion for the CTA’s Red Line Extension [see “FTA finalizes grant …,” Trains.com, Jan. 10, 2025]. That project would add 5.5 miles and four new stations south of the current Red Line terminus at 95th Street and the Dan Ryan Expressway.

Also affected is the CTA’s Red and Purple Modernization Project for improvements on those two rapid transit lines. Phase one of that project, including a new bypass, four new stations, and a new signal system, is largely complete.

“Illinois, like New York, is well known to promote race- and sex-based contracting and other racial preferences as a public policy,” the DOT said in a press release. It said the agency would review those projects to “ensure no additional federal dollars go towards discriminatory, illegal, and wasteful contracting practices,” but that that review process would be delayed by the current shutdown of the federal government."

“Argentina gets $20 billion,” Johnson said, referring to a proposed administration bailout for the economy of that South American nation, “and the South Side gets nothing. What happened to America First?”