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Transit benefit reaches parity with parking benefit, plus other new laws

By On January 3, 2013 · 4 Comments

Transit users whose employers provide pre-tax benefit programs stand to pay less taxes in 2012 and 2013. Photo by Erin Nekervis. 

January 1st always comes with new laws. This January 1st was a little different than most in that the United States was closing in on the “fiscal cliff”. The American Taxpayer Relief Act of [...]

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Moving beyond the shock of CTA fare increases to doing something about it

By On November 29, 2012 · 15 Comments

Drive? Drive! Photo by Dan O’Neill. 

I’m not going to try to make sense of the pending Chicago Transit Authority fare increases, why they’re necessary, or of Rahm’s insensitive remarks on Monday that he clarified yesterday. There are already great responses on these matters:

CTA Tattler - Emanuel on CTA pass increase, “choosing to [...]

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