Passage of legislation in 1983 reorganized the Regional Transportation Authority, provided a new source of state funding and created service boards for three key operations: Chicago Transit Authori…
A couple kisses as a Milwaukee Road commuter train pulls into Deerfield Station in 1979. “We thought we’d add a little levity,” a village official said of the sign. from a station on Kinzie Street just north of the Chicago River. In future decades Chicago would become a rail hub for the entire nation.
Although the flood was mainly out of sight, lurking 40 feet below the city’s streets, it wreaked visible havoc.paralyzed downtown — shutting down power and prompting an evacuation that would affect financial markets and bring business to a halt for days. Those who were there vividly recall that spring day when 124 million gallons of water from the Chicago River flowed into the city’s maze of underground freight tunnels and building basements, turning the Loop into a ghost town.
Before approving the fare hike in late 2011, Metra’s board of directors spent months pondering service cuts and other options. Finally, board members decided not to cut service. Almost 470,000 passengers — 40% more than an ordinary November Friday — took Metra to the Chicago Cubs’ World Series celebration and parade, setting a single-day record for the agency. CTA also had its highest one-day rail total with 1.15 million riders.
And with the number of riders still down, transit agencies in Chicago and across the country have been leaning on federal COVID-19 relief money to get by.
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