said Kirk Dillard, the RTA chairman, in a Wednesday speech at the City Club of Chicago. Moreover, train and bus operators would have to be laid off. “The extraordinary economic and environmental ...

Metra and Pace said they generally support a strengthened RTA after Chairman Kirk Dillard laid out a vision Wednesday that requires $1.5 billion in additional state money to run many more trains ...

RTA Chairman Kirk Dillard is asking state lawmakers to grant the agency substantially more authority to govern fares, service and investments in major projects. CTA, Pace and Metra would maintain ...

RTA Chairman Kirk Dillard is asking state lawmakers to grant the RTA substantially more authority to govern fares, service and investments in major projects. According to the plan, which Dillard ...

Some lawmakers want to consolidate the Chicago area’s four public transit agencies this year in exchange for more state money to steer the agencies away from an impending fiscal cliff.

These experts agree that our region has been radically, historically underfunded for decades," said RTA Chairman Kirk Dillard. "Seventeen percent of our operating costs come from Springfield ...

“We want to create a seamless integrated system for our region that’s been long overdue,” RTA Chair Kirk Dillard told the Daily Herald in an exclusive interview Monday. The “Transforming ...

RTA Executive Director Leanne Redden said the new proposal, set to be outlined by RTA Board Chairman Kirk Dillard in a Wednesday speech at the City Club, is the culmination of more than two years of ...

Join the members of “Team Culture,” a group of civic, business, and community leaders, as they present a plan to reimagine Chicago by harnessing the power of arts and culture. This plan envisions and ...

Buses that can bypass traffic. This is the vision for the future of transit set to be outlined Wednesday by Regional Transportation Authority Chairman Kirk Dillard at a lunch for the city’s business ...

Buses that can bypass traffic. This is the vision for the future of transit set to be outlined today by Regional Transportation Authority Chairman Kirk Dillard at a lunch for the city’s business ...

"He really lacked the everyday rider experience to run a system like that." RTA Chairman Kirk Dillard said in a statement, "CTA President Dorval Carter, Jr.'s retirement bookends an era of ...