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It’s rare to see CTA and Metra signs in the same place. The LaSalle Intermodal Transfer Center at LaSalle Street and Congress Parkway is a great step in making transit work “regionally”: it connects Rock Island District trains and multiple bus routes. It provides weak signage directing riders to the Jackson Blue Line station one [...]
Photo of a Metra train by Sam Dickey.
There are 5 stories from 8 sources in this edition of Grid Bits, all about transit.
CTA Red Line south track renewal project
The Chicago Transit Authority’s Red Line south project to shut down 9 Red Line stations (Cermak-Chinatown to 95th) for five months in [...]
If the backside of your Chase Bank credit/debit card has the “blink” text and logo, you’ll be ready for Open Fare.
Soon you’ll be able to pay for a trip on Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) buses and trains with your credit/debit card (provided it has an embedded wireless chip) and NFC-enabled cellphones. Currently all four [...]
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