1ST PACE CUTS IN DU PAGE WILL BE 3 ELMHURST ROUTES
The city is scheduled to lose three bus routes Jan. 1, victims of the Pace budget crunch, according to a recently released schedule of service reductions. Dec. 31 is the...
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RTA ADDS PUBLIC HEARINGS ON ITS BUDGET, TRANSIT PLAN
The Regional Transportation Authority has scheduled two additional public hearings Friday on its 5-year transit program and 1994 annual program and budget. The budget includes spending plans of the Chicago...
TOLLWAY BOARD TO FUND CLEANUP OF FORMER HOME
The state tollway authority board voted Thursday to pay nearly $1.8 million for demolition and cleanup costs at its former headquarters site in Oak Brook, and to award an $8.1...
NEW MIDWAY TRANSIT LINE TO CHANGE 4 BUS ROUTES
Four Pace suburban bus routes are scheduled to be revised next week with the opening of the new CTA Southwest rapid transit line to Midway Airport. Beginning Sunday, the four...
1,000 DRIVERS GET CHANCE TO PAY TOLL ELECTRONICALLY
The state tollway authority plans to mail more than 1,000 applications next week to drivers who might want to use the I-Pass electronic toll collection system on the North-South Tollway....
LOCAL FIRMS TO DISCUSS THEIR COMMUTING OPTIONS
Corporate testimonies by north and northwest suburban companies on how they're getting employees to give up driving for ride sharing, transit and other ways of commuting will be given at...
PACE SAYS TOUGH CHOICES LIE AHEAD
Pace will consider fare increases, reductions in services to the disabled and the elimination of as many as 17 routes-6 in Aurora alone-during public budget hearings next week in Glen...
CONGRESS OKS $8 MILLION FOR RAIL LINE
A conference committee of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives has approved $8 million in federal funds for the early 1996 startup of commuter rail service on the Wisconsin...
METRA TASK FORCE WEIGHS LAND BUY
An advisory group to the county is expected to decide Wednesday whether Kane should start buying land for future Metra commuter rail stations in Elburn and unincorporated La Fox. The...
SENATE OKS $8 MILLION TO START COMMUTER LINE
The U.S. Senate approved $8 million in startup funding Wednesday for the proposed Wisconsin Central commuter rail line in suburban Cook and Lake Counties. The amount, contained in the Senate...