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The Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency (CREATE) Program is a $4.6 billion program to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of freight, commuter and intercity passenger rail and to reduce highway delay in the Chicago region. The Program consists of 70 projects, which includes constructing grade separations, flyovers ...
Prior to the 1991 reorganization, the responsibilities of the Department of Transportation (and several other current city departments) belonged to the Chicago Department of Public Works. The Department of Public Works was first recognized as a branch of the city administration in 1861, at which point it consolidated the services of water ...
The RTA system provides nearly 2 million rides per day, making it the third largest public transportation system in North America. [2] The RTA provides several services to the public, including the RTA Travel Information line at 836-7000 from all Chicago area area codes, an automated trip planner, and "try transit" advertising.
Since 2012, NACTO has held an annual Designing Cities Conference, convening hundreds of "transportation leaders and practitioners from across the country to discuss key trends in urban street design and transportation policy." Conference sites. 2012: New York City; 2013: Phoenix; 2014: San Francisco; 2015: Austin; 2016: Seattle; 2017: Chicago ...
The Chicago Transit Authority, or CTA, one of three service boards within the Regional Transportation Authority, operates the second largest public transportation system in the United States (to New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority) and covers the City of Chicago and 40 surrounding suburbs. The CTA operates 24 hours a day and, on an ...
Chicago just spent more than $80K to renovate, furnish the office of First Lady Stacie Johnson — all while the city is grappling with a nearly billion-dollar budget shortfall Danielle Antosz ...
Cable cars in Chicago; Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center; Chicago Bus Station; Chicago Central Area Transit Plan; Chicago Department of Transportation; Chicago Harbor; Chicago Motor Coach Company; Chicago Parking Meters; Chicago Portage; Chicago Rapid Transit Company; Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency Program ...
Illinois' Clean Cities coalition began as Chicago Area Clean Cities on May 13, 1994, and was the fifth Clean Cities coalition to launch under the U.S. Department of Energy’s Clean Cities program, founded in 1993. In 2022, the coalition expanded to include the entire state and changed its name to Illinois Alliance for Clean Transportation (IACT).