Citizens Taking Action

Monthly Meeting

Monday

Location

To be Announced

Information

Charles Paidock, Secretary

(312) 714-7790 cell or (312) 842-5036 cpaidock@hotmail.com

3211 S. Union Ave Chicago, IL 60616

Kevin Peterson (773) 896-8126

transitcatt@hotmail.com

7:00 PM

Attention: Suburbanites

Did you know that CTA presently serves 40 suburban communities? Citizens Taking Actions has over time expanded our concerns to include RTA, Metra, Pace, South Shore, as well as Amtrak / High Speed Rail Passenger Trains. Why not join us in improving and expanding surface transportation services? Can't make a meeting every month? Then join the mailing list. We'll keep you informed, and have sundry ways that you can be involved on an occasional basis.

Wash DC Metro Seeks Citizens Advice on Service

CTA Ward Assessment

Faster Buses NYC

Sample Transit Letter to IL Legislature

Letter in Chicago Tribune May 29, 2007

Cities Scrambling to Meet Transit Demands

Press Release on Eliminating Free Senior Fare

$$$ Comparison of $$$ Transit Fares of Other US Cities

News Article: Fares Highest in US

CTA Fares Too High Already

Press Release on Service Hearings

Mass Transit - Too Much Mass

Transit - Trains Stimulus Package Passes US Congress

Funding for High Speed Rail in Stimulus Package

US High Speed Routes

CTA Faces Deficits in 08,09,10

Transit Agencies Blame Senior Citizens

Disparaging Remarks About Senior Citizens

Stimulus $429 Mil for Transit

High Speed Rail Wash Post

Transit Sys Need $50,000,000,000

Governor Says No Transit $$$

Statement re Free Senior Fares

Press Release RTS Spends $200,000 to Study Seniors

Study of CTA

Routes Cut

Stations Closed +

Fare Increases Since 1947

www.NYChicagoRR.org

Stop Private-Public Partnerships

Feds Invest $$$ in Passenger Trains

PPPs

"the biggest transport fiasco of our time"

Bus Rapid Transit = 95 Miles of Streets for Sale

Press Release:

Bus Bunching

See Bus Bunching on your route - rush hour is best

Meetings with Illinois

State Officials on PPPs

Illinois to Lose $210M

Letter to the Editor

Re: Transit Union

INFO

In March, CTA announded that 53 Bus Routes were "Updated"

Chgo Tribune Nov 26, 2011

Press Release: Budget Shows Charging Seniors Brings in No $$$$

Service

Fares

Of the 18.4 cents per gallon federal gas tax, only 2.86 cents goes to public transit

Support HB 4502

Press Release

Stop the 99 Year Sale of IL Trans

Privatization Watch: IL

Brochure

New Owners

of CTA

Mayor Say Private Money for

CTA

Rent

If 2 are owned

If 3 " "

Mortgage Value

$25.00

0.00

$100.00

100.00

10 Billion Riders on Public Transit

See

Our Article

$4.50 to

$6.00

Press Release

Infrastructure Trust Lacks Tannsparency

Parking = 1/3 of Land

Article on What Riders Want

Is the Suburb Finished?

More Young People

Using Public Transit

Mayor's Plan Lined with Risks Chgo Tribune Article.

Next Meeting

Privatization Watch: Illinois

Cost of Services

Private = Public

How To Save $11,494 - Get Rid of Your Car

Press Release on Aggregation Referendum

Midway

for Sale

Gas Tax vs. Income Tax

No Concealed Carry

#1 Reason People

Stop Using Public Transit

CTA's Credit Card I

Bus Route List Shorter by 1 Foot

Stop Private-Public Partnerships

Home Value Near Transit

Stop the Sale of

Midway Airport

$188

Average Fees Each Year

Public Hearing IL State on Fare Card

RTA Strategic Plan 2013-2018

Metra Chief is leaving Metra with $742,237

No BRT

TTA

Tomorrowland Transportation Authority

"a near silent glide of linear induction"

NO Fare Increase

Problems with BRTs

Fukushima Rails Story

Study: 5 Years CTA Cuts 1-2 Bus Routes Each Month

CTA Budget Hearing

News Articles

RTA Hearings

CTA Avoids Hearings

CTA's Credit Card II

Fare Card Privatization

Ventra in Other Cities

Press Rlease on Ashland BRT

Study: BRT on Ashland Avenue Won't Work

BRT:

"A Costly Mistake"

Public Transit + Property Value

City May Alter BRT Plans

Olympic Games Transit/Trains

for

for

Nationwide 10 Billion

Transit Trips

CTA Ridership Down 3.12%

3 Videos

BRT

Report on Reorganization of Transit Boards

Scores for Level of Service in Each Ward

Citizens Taking Action

for transit dependent riders

Bike Sharing =

Increase Head Injuries

Grocery

Bus

Freedom of Information Act requests

re Ventra Cards

47% Afraid to Cross a Street

Only 3 Years Left

Station Names for Sale?

PRESS RELEASE

on Drop in Bus Ridership

Press Release:

Increased

Need for 24 Hour Service

Battles About Transit Are Heating Up Across US

Photos: Subway Stations from Around the World

Rahm How to Sell a City VENTRA

Join Yahoo Group for Meeting Notices / Transit Info

Send Blank Email to

citizenstakingaction-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Hard Copy

By Email

Report Problems

Walks 21 Miles to Get to Work

MAB

Bus

Cut Funding for Transit and Trains

$8B

45% Cut in State Funding for CTA

Study: Passengers GIve CTA Poor Scores

Stop BRT Now

Chicago ranks 53d out of the 100 largest US metropolitan areas in labor market access

45% of US Households Have No Access to Public Transit

No Pulse No

No Senior

Fare Increase

Green Economy

Letter to RTA About Budget Hearings

CTA Budget Summary 2016

CTA Budget Book 2016

Lobbying Campaign

Mailing List

for

Transit News

Mailing List

for

Transit News

RTA Budget Book 2016

Take a Ride on the L

Takes a Moment to Load

Feds: $10B for New Light Rail

$7B for High-Speed Rail

FAX to Congress on Gas Tax

Earth Day Info

Press Release

Study of Bus Schedules

Late + Evening Service

Public Transit vs.New Transportation Alterna\\tives

Metra to End Public Hearings

CTA Budget 2017

RTA Budget 2017

Why Voters Said ‘Yes’ to Public Transportation on Nov.8th

.50 Surcharge on Each Ride by Private Transportation Providers

US Transportation Agenda

Ridership statistics from the past decade suggest that Americans have gotten off the bus

Trump’s First Budget May Zero Out Federal Transit Funding

Transit Benefits Local Economy

Transit #1 Poverty Factor

CTA Loop-O'Hare Express

Press Release

Transit Group Says Bus Service Should Be CTA’s Priority

40% of buses and 25% rail transit in marginal or poor condition

Trump’s $1T Infrastructure is “revenue neutral” No $$$

Funding for Trump’s $1T Infrastructure Plan Won’t Be Coming

List of Infrastructure Programs Eliminated in Budget

Transportation Advocates to Trump: Where's the Money?

Trump 'skinny budget' Cuts Funding for Chicago Transit and Trains

Press Release re Federal Funding

Trump’s Plan Will Privatize Infrastructure

Donald Trump May Slam the Brakes on Public Transit Expansion

Chicago Needs 2 to 3B a Year for 20 Years

Trans Secretary: $1 Trillion for Public Infrastructure Just Not Possible

Attn: Elected Officials - 9 in 10 Americans See Benefits of Public Transportation

Capital Investment Grant (CIG) Program

To Be Announced

Press Release, Nov. 3, 2017

Metra Increases Fares,

Does Nothing to See It Won’t Happen Again Next Year

strategy of imposing them gradually

CTA Cuts Service for Years, Then Wants a Fare Increase

transit group says fares should be reduced

Press Release CTA Fare Increase 2017

CTA Budget and Justification

Turmoil at Public Hearing on CTA Fares

Transit Fare Increase on Jan 7th

Vehicles are now America's biggest CO2 source

Milwaukee Says to Move There

Because It Transit System is Bad ???

Trump Cuts $52B Funding for Public Transit and Passenger Rail, More for Rural Roads

dramatically increases funding for rural roads

Trump’s Budget Cuts for Public Transit Affects Accessibility of Millions

Toll Roads Proposed for Downtown Streets

Total US

Ridership

Cars Are Ruining Our Cities

Cost Sharing of Public Transit / Alternative Methods of Funding

IL Gas Tax Only 19 cents a gallon

City requires a Fee $5 per sq ft, Paid by Developers

Fare-Free Public Transit in 200 Cities Worldwide

Emanuel Wants to Expand Transit-Oriented Development Along Four Bus Routes

Escalating Danger to Pedestrians Nationwide by SUVs

Time to Replace 100 Year Old, and Aging, Transport Technology (e.g., CTA)

Maglev Trains Are the Transit System of the Future

We Ride,

And We Vote

Good Public Transit Brings Businesses to a City

a reliable, well-maintained transit system is now a requirement

Rahm said CTA made “the right choices” by increasing fares twice while Mayor

Survey on Wards as Transit Zones

METRA No Fare Increase but Service Cuts

Why Public Transportation Works Better Outside the U.S.

Transportation Planners say increase Motor Fuel Tax (MFT), and later change to a vehicle-miles-traveled (VMT) tax

Free Public Transit is a growing trend,

with 100+ entirely fare-free networks around the world

Ridership increases of between 50% to 85%

How Transportation network companies (TNCs), primarily Uber and Lyft, operate to avoid any regulations

Video of RTA Budget Hearing with Not One Board Member Present

Press Release

Not Even One Transit Board Member Shows Up

at Hearing on Passenger Concerns

Congestion

Pricing in NY

Metra's $5 billion plan for improvements

Funding for Public Transit:

$168 billion is spent on highways every year

State, Local Leaders Urge Congress to Act on Infrastructure Plan

The Social Implications of Public Transportation

Rebuild Illinois =

transportation projects statewide

CTA, Metra, Pace, Amtrak

CTA Ridership down 16.3% since a record high in 2012 / Transit group says restore bus routes and schedules

Metra ridership falls 9% over the past 5 years

Summary of 2020 Proposed Regional Budget and Capital Program

CTA 2020 Budget

RTA 2020 Budget

CTA's Ride the Rails: Real-time

The most vulnerable could face the harshest burden if transit systems are forced to reduce or eliminate service

We Ride, and We Vote

Candidates Questionnaire

CTA Budget 2021

RTA Budget 2021

Metra Budget 2021

Pace Bus Budget 2021

Happy Earth Day

4.2 billion: gallons of gasoline saved from people taking public transportation each year

Memo to CTA on Failure to Enforce Mask Mandate during Event

CTA Response to

Mask Memo

Guide to Fireable Offenses in the Workplace

COPY of the 2022 Pace Budget

Copy of the 2022

CTA Budget

Copy of the 2022 RTA Budget

Copy of the 2022 Metra Budget

Wear Masks vs. BA.5

PRESS RELEASE

on Pace Budget

Press Release Pace 2023 Budget

2023 Regional Transit Operating Budget and Capital Program

Cost of a Charge for a Car $40+

An Eco-Plan Powerpoint Slides. on Cars in Chicago

Candidates Questionnaire

Metra 2024 Budget

Pace's 2024 Budget

CTA 2024 Budget

Press Release A New Plan for Public Transit

Program on Disability Accessibility

Sat Jan 27th

Press Release Comments on CTA 2024 Budget

Proposed RTA 2024 Budget

Press Release Trump's Plan for Transit if Re-Elected

Summary of Comments at RTA Public Hearing on Budget

Since 1997

Public Hearings Schedule

Pace Bus

Tuesday Oct 22 at 11:00 and Fri 25 at 12:00

https://www.pacebus.com/budget-hearings-2025

Metra

Wednesday, Nov 6th from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM

https://metra.com/newsroom/no-fare-increases-metras-proposed-11b-operating-budget-2025

CTA

Thursday, Nov 7th at 6:30 PM at CTA headquarters, 567 W. Lake Street

https://www.transitchicago.com/notice-of-public-hearing-for-2025-budget/

Regional Transportation Authority RTA

Tuesday, Dec 3rd from 4:00 to 6:00 PM

https://www.rtachicago.org/transit-funding/2025-regional-transit-budget

A New Plan for “Governance” of Public Transit Proposed

Illinois lawmakers pass public transit funding bill to address RTA budget gap

State lawmakers approved a $1.5 billion funding plan for public transportation agencies without large statewide tax increases previously proposed.

Instead, the measure would be fueled by revenue sources that currently feed the state's Road Fund and an increased sales tax targeted to the Chicago area.

No fare hikes or service cuts for Chicago transit agencies, RTA chair says