(Guest post for CTA Tattler by Patrick Barry.) CTA leaders and a dozen elected officials, including Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Gov. Patrick Quinn and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, lined up behind the Red North Interim Station Improvements project on Friday in Rogers... »
Two aldermen serving the north end of the Red Line are hosting meetings for constituents about the rehab scheduled to start this spring on seven Red Line stations. Alderman Harry Osterman (48th Ward) will hold a meeting at 6:30 p.m. March 21 at the Bro... »
Forget about a new subway north of Addison. But station closings are still possible as part of the revised CTA's Red Purple Modernization plans. Where once there were six alternatives, three of them have been eliminated, and a fourth one added basic on... »
Here are the details on Modernization without Consolidation This is the new alternative, no doubt a reaction to a big outcry from Rogers Park residents who oppose the closing of the Jarvis station. On the Purple Line (see map in gallery): Three new aux... »
This afternoon I got a note from a CTA media spokesperson further clarifying the nature of the seven-station Red Line rehab project I reported on yesterday. "The work outlined in the RFP is intended to be a life extension/interim-facelift project aimed... »
Here are few CTA news items from this past week: RTA passes on consultant to lobby for federal capital dollars. The RTA board Wednesday voted to reject a $1.7 million contract with consultants to lobby Congress for capital repair dollars for the CTA an... »
