By Phil Kadner – SouthTown Star – Updated March 26, 2014 Metra officials have made several repairs to a Richton Park commuter train station where water leaked through a roof onto commuters’ heads, according to a spokeswoman for the transit agency. One other repair to the roof may be done…
MEDILL REPORTS BY DIMA ANSARI MAR 19, 2014 Timuel Black’s cozy Kenwood apartment is crowded with books – books stacked on his coffee table, filling his end tables, teetering off the dining room table. This is not unexpected of a man who has been a teacher, historian and a civil…
House Bill 3672 passed out of the of the House of Representatives with unanimous support. Representative Riley filed the bill in September 2013 in order to require more transparency and accessibility among the transit service board meetings. With board meetings scheduled on mornings in downtown Chicago, Representative Riley felt it…
Representative Riley introduced House Resolution 0675. HR675 urges the Chicago Transit Authority to prioritize and expedite the planning and construction of the Red Line Extension Project. The bill passed out of the House Mass Transit Committee on February 19, 2014. The Resolution was adopted by the House of Representatives on…
Story By J. Coyden Palmer Posted:02/15/2014 As Metra selected former Chicago Alderman Martin Olberman as its new chairman this week, riders throughout the region are sounding off about poor service this winter. A hearing in Springfield gave lawmakers a chance to grill Metra’s CEO while a meeting in Naperville on…
BY ROSALIND ROSSI Transportation Reporter – Updated: February 11, 2014 2:17AM Metra launched a massive customer service survey Monday as it conceded under legislative grilling that only 30 percent of Metra trains were on time during the extreme cold that gripped the Chicago area Jan. 6-7. At least 85,000 riders…
By Jon Hilkevitch Tribune reporter12:05 p.m. CST, February 10, 2014 Metra’s new boss faced an intense grilling Monday at a state hearing looking into the commuter railroad’s massive failures during winter storms. Lawmakers told Metra CEO Don Orseno that their constituents are greatly dissatisfied with Metra’s recent performance and its…
February 10, 2014 (CHICAGO) (WLS) — Chicago-area residents are dealing with the bitter cold Monday, especially those who commute. For Metra riders, cold-weather delays have been all too common this winter, and now, state lawmakers want to know why. The Illinois House Mass Transit Committee scheduled a hearing Monday to…
BY ROSALIND ROSSI Transportation Reporter January 15, 2014 12:38PM The chairman of the RTA Wednesday ordered a “post-mortem” on weather delays endured by Metra train riders last week, while lawmakers scheduled a hearing on the same topic. The double-whammy of scrutiny erupted just as Metra had seemed to have put…
Costello leaving transit agency amid conflict over funding, policy December 11, 2013|By Richard Wronski, Chicago Tribune reporter There was no immediate word on a replacement. Leanne Redden is the RTA’s senior deputy executive director; the chief of staff is Jordan Matyas, the son-in-law of House Speaker Michael Madigan. Neither Costello…