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Illinois law generates $1.5B to save public transit from fiscal calamity

Public transit in the Chicago metropolitan area will get a $1.5 billion infusion to save it from financial disaster under a law that will take effect next summer

The Independent UK

A Federal Judge Says Carry-Permit Holders Have a Right to Armed Self-Defense on Public Transit

The ruling concludes that the government failed to show an Illinois ban is "consistent with this Nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation."

Reason

Follow the law on arbitration for Chicago police accused of serious misconduct

If City Council members don’t like the law, they should try changing it.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Metra’s throwing the human touch out the ticket window

Metra is making a huge mistake by getting rid of its ticketing windows as live agents do more than vend tickets. They are there to relate to us as human beings.

Chicago Sun-Times

Metra won’t be ‘the way to really fly’ anymore with higher prices, no 10-ride tickets

Getting rid of 10-ride tickets and also ticket windows will drive away Metra customers, a reader from Wilmette writes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Metra implementing fare overhaul, eliminating ticket windows

Metra is overhauling ticket prices on Feb. 1, reducing zones from 10 to 4 and cutting 10-ride passes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Metra passengers left high and dry waiting for special New Year’s Eve train that departed early

The 1:15 a.m. train scheduled to leave Chicago Union Station left 20 minutes early following what Metra said was a miscommunication with BNSF and the crew. It forced dozens to order ride-hail cars that cost upward of $100.

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CTA, Metra offering free bus, train rides on New Year’s Eve

CTA will offer free bus and train rides from 10 p.m. New Year’s Eve until 4 a.m. the next morning, the agency announced. Metra will offer free rides on trains arriving or departing downtown stations after 6 p.m. New Year’s Eve.

Chicago Sun-Times

Public transit in Chicago will fall off a fiscal cliff without a plan for 2025

Federal pandemic relief funds will run out in 2025. Regional authorities, the state of Illinois and federal agencies have to lay a track for the future of CTA, Metra and Pace, two lawmakers write.

Chicago Sun-Times

Two busloads of migrants are dropped off at Elmhurst train station

A total of 91 people were on the coach buses that arrived Saturday from Texas, according to a post on the Elmhurst Police Department’s Facebook page.

Chicago Sun-Times

Rosemont to crack down on Texas bus companies carrying migrants

Under an ordinance approved Monday, Rosemont could impose fines of $750 per vehicle, arrest drivers and impound buses used to bring asylum-seekers to town.

Chicago Sun-Times

Metra Milwaukee North Line trains on the move after hitting vehicle near Edgebrook station on Northwest Side

No injuries were reported and one person was inside the vehicle when it was struck, according to Metra.

Chicago Sun-Times

Tanker car fire controlled on SW Side; Metra trains back on the move

No one was injured but fear of a leak caused staffers to be evacuated from nearby businesses, fire officials said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Metra BNSF trains running nearly hour behind after frozen switches in Austin

About 6:25 a.m., trains in both directions began to be delayed because of frozen switches near Cicero Avenue and Congress Parkway.

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Metra trains bypassing 107th Street station after fire

The fire was reported about 7:15 a.m. Train service resumed in both directions about a half-hour after the fire, but were not stopping at the 107th Street station.

Chicago Sun-Times

UP North Polar? Metra adds holiday train to Union Pacific North rail line

Tickets to the holiday train will cost $5 and go on sale at 7 a.m. Thursday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Person fatally struck by Metra train near Edison Park station

Inbound and outbound service resumed around 9:20 a.m. on the Union Pacific Northwest.

Chicago Sun-Times

Historic public transit investment will transform Far South Side, south suburbs

People living in communities south of 95th Street will benefit from historic investment, including the Red Line Extension and Metra Electric improvements, that will transform these areas from being transportation deserts.

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CTA, Metra tout new, bigger budgets but warn of troubles down the road

The presentations to a regional transit board happened in the same day that a rail crash on the CTA’s Yellow Line injured dozens.

The Independent UK

Jewish protesters and allies block Israeli consulate in Chicago, demanding a cease-fire in Gaza

Hundreds of Jewish peace activists and allies from across the Midwest have called for a cease-fire in Gaza at a major Chicago train station

Chicago Sun-Times

Metra nixes 10-ride ticket, reduces fare zones

The change could happen as early as February, the commuter railroad says.

Chicago Sun-Times

Metra to feature holiday trains on 5 lines this season

Tickets for Metra’s holiday trains can be purchased online for $5 beginning Wednesday and are expected to sell out.

Chicago Sun-Times

Metra to buy zero-emission, self-propelled rail cars with $169.3M federal grant

Metra may be able to retire its most polluting diesel trains earlier than it planned and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 567,000 tons, the transit agency says.

Chicago Sun-Times

Metra officially proposes nixing 10-ride ticket, reducing zones from 10 to 4

The changes are part of Metra’s $1.1 billion budget for 2024, which was introduced at a board meeting Wednesday. Metra’s board will vote on the changes in November.

Chicago Sun-Times

Criticism of Red Line extension is off-base

The Red Line extension will provide Chicago’s South Side with the high-frequency, accessible and affordable rapid transit service people deserve.

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