RTA Moves To Stop 'Seniors Ride Free' Fraud
The RTA is moving to limit fraudulent use of passes meant to let senior citizens ride free on the CTA, Metra and Pace.
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The RTA is moving to limit fraudulent use of passes meant to let senior citizens ride free on the CTA, Metra and Pace.
The RTA says it is taking steps to minimize the fraudulent use of passes meant to allow senior citizens to ride free on the CTA, Metra and Pace.
Chicago-area transit agencies are getting a huge holiday present from the state and transit officials insist it is exactly what they expected.
Metra's board is narrowing the list of candidates to become the agency's executive director, replacing the late Phil Pagano, who committed suicide in May amid allegations of financial improprieties.
Metra's board is narrowing the list of candidates to become the agency's executive director, replacing the late Phil Pagano, who committed suicide in Mary amid allegations of financial improprieties.
Football fans attending Sunday's Bears game against the New England Patriots have plenty of ways to get to the game -- including CTA, Metra, Pace and numerous parking lot options.
A woman was struck and killed by a Metra train in southwest suburban Orland Park this morning.
There are some startling revelations about the life of Phil Pagano, the Metra chief who committed suicide stepping in front of a train earlier this year.
He made $240K a year before committing suicide. The widow of Metra exec Phil Pagano says he left her broke and more than $1 million in debt.
Illinois State Sen. Martin Sandoval (D-Chicago) slammed Metra in a letter, as he withdrew his name from consideration as executive director of the commuter train agency.
The Seniors Ride Free program is only one of a number of financial issues facing the debt-ridden Regional Transportation Authority.
A man was hit and killed by an outbound Metra train Sunday morning in the Rogers Park neighborhood on the North Side, according to a spokesman for the Fire Department.
Top officials at Metra and the RTA say they back proposals to give the state's top watchdog the power to investigate the area's mass transit agencies.
A Metra task force meets today as it probes high levels of pollution recently revealed by an independent investigation.
The Illinois Senate has approved legislation that would give the state's executive inspector general the power to investigate complaints of irregularities at Metra, Pace, the CTA and the RTA.
Air sampling gets under way in earnest Tuesday in an attempt to determine what--if anything--Metra can do to trim emissions of potentially harmful diesel soot,
The top watchdog in the state of Illinois could soon be charged with the additional task of overseeing all four Chicago mass transit associations.
Stow the phones and turn down the iPods. Metra will begin testing "quiet cars" in early January.
New charges were announced Wednesday in the 2006 murder of a Metra police officer in south suburban Harvey.
Study of expensive transit program examines lost fare revenue, finds 28 percent of those riding free had annual incomes of $55,000 or more.
Metra is looking for immediate remedies to the problem of pollution from diesel locomotives, particularly those idling in Chicago's Union and Ogilvie stations.
Sen. Dick Durbin on Monday sent letters to the heads of several agencies asking them to review the findings of a recent investigative report which showed that Metra commuters and workers may be exposed to excessively high levels of diesel soot.
The commuter rail agency takes issue with findings of air quality tests at its two busiest downtown terminals, and aboard trains leaving them.
A Wisconsin-bound Metra train remains stopped and several trains have been delayed Friday evening after a pedestrian was fatally struck by a train near a north suburban station.
Person struck Monday morning near the Bartlett station.
