With Fare Hike Looming, Metra Hiring 4 New Top Execs
As Metra gets closer to raising passenger fares to fill a gaping hole in its budget, CBS 2 has learned that Metra is now in the process of hiring four very highly-paid executives.
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As Metra gets closer to raising passenger fares to fill a gaping hole in its budget, CBS 2 has learned that Metra is now in the process of hiring four very highly-paid executives.
Football fans attending Sunday's Bears game against the Green Bay Packers have plenty of ways to get to the game -- including CTA, Metra, Pace and numerous parking lot options. The Bears host the Packers at 3:15 p.m. at Soldier Field.
In a letter to Metra riders, the agency's CEO on Friday called proposed fare increases "jolting" but necessary due to rising costs, lower income and inaction by the previous Metra administration.
Commuters can expect delays this morning on Metra's BNSF line after a disabled freight train halted five trains inbound into the city.
Illinois' U.S. Senators have written Metra CEO Alex Clifford, demanding justification for fare hikes that could top 30 percent.
Metra is stepping up its campaign to spot conductors who are lax about collecting fares.
The Metra board Friday ruled out service cuts to close a 2012 budget shortfall estimated at more than $64 million, but higher ticket prices seem inevitable.
Get ready, Metra riders. The cash-strapped rail agency is finalizing plans for rate hikes that could reach as high as 25 , with a formal vote by Metra's board on Friday.
A train struck and killed a pedestrian early Thursday in Vernon Hills, prompting authorities to halt the train and leaving early-morning commuters delayed.
A man on a Metra train Monday night was only trying to ease his fears about a bad dream he had, but the note he passed to the train conductor was mistaken for a bomb threat.
CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot talks with train passengers about enhanced security at stations as the Sept. 11 anniversary nears.
Metra plans schedule adjustments it is characterizing as minor, but to make sure, it wants input from riders.
A Metra train slammed into a car Tuesday morning at a crossing on the border between Cary and Crystal Lake.
Metra is stepping up efforts to collect fares from everyone who rides the rails.
Metra is asking riders to dig deeper in their pockets. Fares could go up as much as 20 percent next year. There's also talk of service cuts, but there's no talk of eliminating a major perk for some of the agency's administrators and staff – free take-home cars.
A Metra train struck a pedestrian Wednesday night near northwest suburban Palatine.
A year after a disastrous attempt to begin bridge replacement work on the Union Pacific North line in a two-mile stretch of Chicago's North Side, Metra is about to try again.
If you hold a Metra monthly pass, and you have been laminating the ticket so that it won't get torn up -- stop.
A "major" project to replace 22 bridges along the Union Pacific North Line and rebuild the Ravenswood project will begin in the next two weeks, according to Metra.
Time is running out on the Seniors Ride Free passes that Chicago-area seniors have used on the CTA, Metra and Pace since 2008.
The Regional Transportation Authority will spend $435,000 in scarce funds to find out how pleased riders are with the CTA, Metra and Pace.
Stung by complaints that some of its conductors are less than aggressive about collecting fares, Metra is planning spot checks to make sure conductors are doing their jobs.
It's looking more and more like two years of double-digit fare increases are just up the track for Metra riders.
With renewed worries about the economy in the wake of the downgrade of the nation's credit rating, nearly 10,000 people showed up for a job fair hosted by Congressman bobby Rush on Tuesday.
Nearly 6,000 homes and businesses in the Chicago area were still without power Wednesday afternoon, after two powerful thunderstorms swept through the area overnight.
