CTA’s RPM Phase One Project Begins Final Major Stage
CHICAGO – Chicago Transit Authority announced it has begun its final major stage of its Red and Purple Modernization (RPM) Phase One Project with the North Belmont Red-Purple Reconstruction.
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CTA Installs ADA-Compliant Faregates
CHICAGO – The Chicago Transit Authority will upgrade its rail stations with improved, ADA-compliant faregates.
CTA’s Forest Park Branch Blue Line Reopens; Racine Station Under Construction
CHICAGO – Chicago Transit Authority announces its Forest Park Branch Blue Line Track has fully reopened.
CTA to Complete Track Work in October for Forest Park Branch Rebuild Phase 1
CHICAGO – Chicago Transit Authority announced Phase 1 track work is almost complete on the Forest Park Branch Rebuild. Also, Blue Line trains will resume operations on Sunday, October 8th.
CTA Issues Request for Proposals for Red Line Extension and Four New Stations
CHICAGO – The Chicago Transit Authority has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Red Line Extension and four stations.
CTA’s Red Line Extension Project in Line for $1.9+ Billion Federal Grant
CHICAGO – Over the weekend, the Chicago Transit Authority, or CTA, announced that its Red Line Extension Project is now entering its next phase.
CTA Starts Forest Park Ranch Rebuild Next Month
CHICAGO – The Chicago Transit Authority announced their plans to start the first phase of the Forest Park Ranch Rebuild on its Blue Line.
CTA’s Garfield Green Line Station Wins BLT Built Design Award
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) on Dec. 28 announced that the Garfield Green Line Station, designed by EXP and built by Walsh Construction, won the international BLT Built Design Award in the “Bridges and Public Architecture” category.
Chicago Transit Authority modernization project sports name by elementary school students
Chicago Transit Authority and Walsh-Fluor announce the Windy City Gantry.
CTA strategically deploys security guards
Crime and annoying behavior aboard public transportation systems have received attention in the press recently.
CTA holds meeting on Red Line Extension Project, with focus on future contracted work
As part of its commitment to extend contracting opportunities to the communities it serves, the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) hosted a virtual meeting for local small businesses and disadvantaged business enterprises (DBEs).
Bells & Whistles—Park board says no to Met Council
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Chicago commemorates completion of new Red-Purple Bypass
Here’s some more news from the Chicago Transit Authority this week. Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) President Dorval Carter Jr., were among a group of dignitaries celebrating the completion of the Red-Purple Bypass.
CTA’s new Red-Purple Bypass went into service Friday, Nov. 19, on the Brown Line
The Chicago Transit Authority last week announced the new Red-Purple Bypass, the first major improvement for CTA customers as part of historic $2.1 billion Red and Purple Modernization (RPM) Phase One project, went into service on the Brown Line on Friday, November 19, 2021.
Chicago Transit Authority ridership nearly doubles since January
While medical scientists tell us that we’re nowhere near free of COVID, and there is always the threat of new variants and spiking cases, the recent improvement in the numbers of deaths, hospitalizations and cases has given some transit passengers an easier mind about returning to the rails.
CTA board approves Lester Barclay as chairman
The Chicago Transit Board [last week] approved Lester Barclay as its next chairman.
Seven injured after CTA derailment
It does not happen often, but when it does it can be quite frightening. Anyone would be scared if the elevated train they were riding slipped off the tracks. CTA service on
Modernization project for rail terminal on NW side of Chicago begins
Construction work has begun on a project to modernize the Chicago Transit Authority’s (CTA) nearly 50-year-old Jefferson Park Blue Line Transit Center Terminal.