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Posts in category "CTA capital spending"

Loyola station, plaza work to begin in July on CTA Red Line

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Improvements to the Loyola station on the north Red Line — including a new entrance and adjacent plaza — are scheduled to begin in early July, according to a posting on the Loyola University Chicago website. The plaza entrance will be built on the north side of the station at the former location of a... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
Thursday at 7:19 pm
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News pickup: "L" Loop project slow; more wood platforms being replaced on Brown Line

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After five days at the New Orleans Jazz Fest, I’m getting caught up on some CTA news. Special thanks to Patrick Barry for covering the announcement of the Loop bus rapid transit project. Loop track project off to slow start. Following a two-week break after its first weekend Loop “L” track replacement, the CTA will... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
May 7, 2012 at 7:05 pm
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Coming soon: Bus Rapid Transit and “complete streets”

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More than 100 people turned out last night at the Chicago Architecture Foundation to learn about the City of Chicago’s $37 million plan for Central Loop Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), which will speed travel between the Union and Ogilvie Metra stations to points east and north, including Michigan Avenue and Navy Pier. The three scenarios... Read more »
By Patrick Barry,
May 3, 2012 at 9:28 am
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Oakton station adds another stop on CTA's Yellow Line

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With Monday’s opening of the new Oakton stop on the CTA Yellow Line, all those CTA “L” Challenge racers now have 144 stations to visit. The $20 million project opened with the usual speeches from CTA brass and North Shore politicians, including U.S. Rep Jan Schakowsky. The station was built via a Congestion Mitigation and... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
April 30, 2012 at 7:32 pm
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New Loyola CTA entrance plaza part of four-story apartment development

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A new architect’s rendering of the planned Loyola Red Line entrance plaza was released late last week by 49th Ward Alderman Joe Moore. Loyola University is partnering with the CTA to move the entrance from under the “L” viaduct to avoid the danger of a crosswalk across Sheridan Road that’s adjacent to the viaduct. Loyola... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
April 29, 2012 at 7:07 pm
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CTA's Claypool shows off a trainload of construction, repair and rehab projects

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The Tribune’s Getting Around column Monday noted that “the perennially cash-starved CTA is displaying a subtle change in attitude: Doomsday talk is out, replaced by a glass that, although leaky, is half full.” CTA President Forrest Claypool actually is being even more positive, as shown in a presentation he gave earlier this year to the... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
April 2, 2012 at 8:07 pm
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House failure to extend transportation bill threatens key CTA projects

If the U.S. House of Representatives fails to extend the federal transportation bill by Saturday, the CTA stands to lose millions in federal funding. Overall, the area’s transit systems could lose $1.2 million a day in federal gas tax revenue, the Tribune reports. Not surprisingly, the extension has been bottled up in the Republican-controlled House... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
March 27, 2012 at 6:59 pm
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Loyola 'L' remodeling to begin in late spring on CTA Red Line

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Both Loyola University and the CTA will begin their joint project in late spring to remodel the Loyola Red Line station. The long-awaited project will move the entrance north on Sheridan Avenue surrounded by a plaza. The renovation will start in late May and last about a year, according to a report in the Loyola... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
February 15, 2012 at 8:47 pm
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Bipartisan group asks Republicans to reconsider "terrible" transportation bill

Amazingly, Democrats and Republicans are joining forces this week to oppose a terrible Republican transportation funding bills that seriously imperils federal money for CTA expansion and repair projects. U.S. Reps. Dan Lipinski, a conservative Chicago Democrat, and Bob Dold, a North Shore Republican,got together today to urge the GOP to return to the 30-year-old funding... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
February 13, 2012 at 7:42 pm
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CTA board OKs $57 million "facelift" on 7 north Red Line stations

The CTA board on Wednesday approved a $57.4 million contract for a “facelift” at seven stations on the north end of the Red Line within the next year. CTA Tattler reported this story exclusively last week, with one big change from the original request for proposals: Berwyn will get the upgrade, not Bryn Mawr. The... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
February 8, 2012 at 7:00 pm
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