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Union Pacific, Metra at impasse over fees as employee transfer moves forward
Union Pacific Railroad has made some progress in its effort to transfer three of its commuter rail lines to Metra control. But one major issue remains — how much Metra will pay for using the tracks,...
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CARP task force sounds off on revised Envision Evanston
The CARP Implementation Task Force, a subcommittee of the Environment Board, will spend the next few weeks reviewing the revised version of the Envision Evanston 2045 comprehensive plan, even as some...
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Mayoral, City Council candidates sound off on public transit issues
There is broad agreement along most candidates running for mayor and City Council that Evanston public transit and biking and pedestrian infrastructure leaves something to be desired.In February,...
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Metra to change name of Union Pacific North Line, consider systemwide changes
The inbound Union Pacific North Line train at the Davis Street Metra station in 2024. Credit: Igor StudenkovThirty years after the Metra line that serves the City of Evanston became known as Union...
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Chicago area agencies will delve into transit cuts on Thursday
This Thursday morning, CTA, Metra and Pace will share doomsday scenarios for what kind of service cuts they would have to make if the state doesn’t come through with more funding, as well as more...
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Doomsday funding scenario could decimate public-transit access in Evanston
Evanston may lose all but one CTA bus route, evening and weekend service on all Pace bus routes, and some Union Pacific North Metra Line service if the state doesn’t come through with the funding to...
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Prime Healthcare completes Saint Francis Hospital acquisition
Prime Healthcare, which officially took ownership of Saint Francis Hospital on March 1, is still trying to determine what kind of improvements and investments it will make — but promises the hospital...
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Environment Board, CARP Implementation Task Force finalize Envision Evanston...
Members of the Environment Board and one of its subcommittees, the Evanston’s Climate Action and Resilience Plan (CARP) Implementation Task Force, spent two hours Wednesday reviewing their suggestions...
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City to expand Divvy bike-sharing network
The Environment Board got an update on the city’s plans to expand the local Divvy bike-sharing network next year.At the board’s Thursday, April 10 meeting at the Evanston Public Library, Sarah FioRito,...
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Transit agencies say regional one-day pass coming ‘very soon’
Ten months after CTA, Metra, Pace and RTA signed an intergovernmental agreement paving the way for the first one-day transit pass that would work on most Chicago area trains and buses there is no clear...
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Get local, Climate Action advocate urges, as a tactic to meet federal funding...
Jack Jordan, executive director at Climate Action Evanston, said that, with the second Trump administration at the levers of the federal government, any efforts to reduce carbon emissions, pollution...
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Officials: Federal policy changes may threaten future of Healthy Buildings...
The fate of $10.4 million U.S. Department of Energy grant meant to help Evanston implement the Healthy Buildings Ordinance is still up in the air.During the May 8 meeting of the Environment Board,...
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Evanston hospitals score high marks for safety
The two hospitals serving Evanston continued to do well on safety assessments compiled by the Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit organization that advocates for safety and transparency in United States...
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Union Pacific gives Metra ultimatum as negotiations over access stall
After years of negotiations, Union Pacific Railroad has given Metra an ultimatum: Compromise on fees to use UP tracks or face higher fees starting July 1.Since 2019, Union Pacific has been trying to...
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Transit agencies prepare for service cuts as state fails to pass funding bill
Illinois lawmakers failed to pass a bill at session’s end on May 31 that would give Chicago-area transit agencies the funding they need to avert an impending fiscal cliff.The bill, which also included...
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Sunday service coming to Dodge Ave. bus route this August
The Chicago Transit Board (the CTA’s governing body) approved adding Sunday service on Bus Route 93 California/Dodge at its June 11 meeting. This year’s CTA budget included funding for improving and...
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Environment Board looks at sustainability goals, admits some progress is hard...
Evanston’s Environment Board looked at how much progress the city has made on meeting the goals of the 2018 Climate Action and Resilience Plan (CARP), and worked out the process for giving feedback on...
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Overdose-reversing vending machine coming to Howard CTA station
The Cook County Health system is installing vending machines that dispense naloxone opioid overdose-reversing nasal spray at five L stations this fall — and the Howard Street station will be one of...
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Transit agencies launch first across-the-board Regional Day Pass
The Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pace launched a first-ever day pass that works on all three systems last Friday, almost a year after the program was initially approved. The new Regional Day...
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Future of Metra service uncertain after current agreement expires
As Evanston Metra riders boarded Union Pacific North Metra trains Tuesday morning, a behind-the-scenes struggle between Metra and Union Pacific Railroad was entering a new phase. In mid-May, Union...
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