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CTA board gets closer to buying 300 new rail cars
Tribune reporterThis story contains corrected material, published Oct. 18, 2011. The CTA's five-year journey to purchase new trains rounded a big curve Thursday when the transit agency's board approved a financing strategy to acquire 300 rail cars. Some minor bugs...Tags: Passenger Cars, Finance, Vehicles, Boeing Co., Economy, Business and Finance
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If union goes along, CTA says no fare hikes or service cuts in 2012
Tribune reporterNo fare increases or service cuts are in store for CTA riders next year if the CTA can convince its unions to agree to millions of dollars in work rule changes and other concessions, the transit agency said today in presenting its 2012 proposed budget....Tags: Collective Contract, Chicago Transit Authority, Finance, Travel, Career and Workplace
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Friday, October 21, 2011
5 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Greg Jarrett 6:09 a.m. Greg Jarrett gets a live report from Libya. 6:39 a.m. Head football coach Pat Fitzgerald previews tomorrows homecoming game against Joe Paterno and the Penn State Nittany Lions. 7:09 a.m. David Gregory,...Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Management Change, Chicago Bears, Football, Penn State Nittany Lions
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Red Line rehab plans announced
Tribune reporterGov. Pat Quinn and Mayor Rahm Emanuel found common ground Thursday, talking up an additional $646 million in state funding for work on the CTA Red Line, the system’s busiest train route. The money will be spent largely on rebuilding the tracks on...Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Illinois Governor, Rahm Emanuel, Pat Quinn, Chicago Mayor
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CTA orders 300 new rail cars
RedEyeThe CTA has ordered 300 additional 5000-series rail cars for $331 million, the car manufacturer Bombardier Transportation announced today. The CTA has now ordered 706 of these rail cars, which feature aisle-facing seats, electronic signs and smooth...Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Politics, Travel, Elections, Transportation
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50 Chicago cops to be deployed to rail, bus stations
Tribune reporterMayor Rahm Emanuel plans to hire 50 full-time police officers to patrol rail and bus stations around the city. The officers will come from the fall class of the Chicago Police Academy and will be detailed to public transportation by the spring of 2012....Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Censorship, Garry McCarthy, Criminals, Elections
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CTA board approves $1.24B budget for 2012
Tribune reporterWith scarcely any discussion, the CTA board on Tuesday approved a $1.24 billion budget for 2012 that presumes no fare hikes, service cuts or employee layoffs based on management achieving unprecedented work-rule concessions from labor unions. CTA...Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Collective Contract, Robert Kelly, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace
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Added CTA security cameras installed ahead of schedule
Tribune reporterSurveillance cameras are now deployed at all 143 CTA rail stations to fight crime and give transit riders an added sense of security, officials announced Monday. Almost 1,800 cameras were recently installed at 78 stations that previously did not have...Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Rahm Emanuel, Garry McCarthy, Chicago Mayor, Crime, Law and Justice
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CTA to speed up security camera installation
Tribune reporterResponding to a spree of brazen crimes that has spooked the public, Chicago authorities announced today that there will soon be many more eyes -- police officers and surveillance cameras -- focused across the CTA system. Technology will play a leading...Tags: Defense, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Contracts, Apple iPhone, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Preckwinkle defends hiring two former lawmakers
Clout StreetCook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle ran for the job as a reformer, but on Tuesday she found herself defending a decision to put two former southwest suburban state lawmakers on the county payroll. Michael Carberry and John O’Sullivan...Tags: Heads of State, Toni Preckwinkle, Employers, Rahm Emanuel, Cook County Board of Commissioners
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Birthday bonus -- A CTA contract gift that keeps on giving
Change of SubjectWednesday's print column expands on an earlier post here Robert Kelly was indignant: “Mr. Claypool says when we work our birthday, we get 21/2 times rate,” he said. “We don’t!” Kelly is president of Amalgamated Transit... -
CTA plans new payment system that will allow riders to use credit, debit and pre-paid cards
TribLocal - Oak Park & River Forest » NewsCTA riders would be able to pay fares with credit and debit cards, as well as prepaid cards and, eventually, mobile phones, under a long-awaited …...
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