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CTA Plans iPhone Fare Card


Paying for your daily ride to work with your cell phone is not that far away.


IPhone - Mobile phone - cellphone - Science and Technology - smartphone

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Work Underway on New CTA 'El Station


New station on Green, Pink lines at Lake/Morgan will serve West Loop area.


Chicago Transit Authority - Pink Line - United States - Arts - Radio

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Free Rides Exceed CTA's Expectations


A Blagojevich program not-surprisingly has back-fired.


Chicago Transit Authority - Arts - Recreation - Red Line - Regional Transportation Authority

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Faces of CTA cuts--checking in 6 months later

The week the CTA laid him off from his job as a bus driver, Samuel Otano gave up his one-bedroom apartment in Logan Square and moved in with his sister and two nieces in Humboldt Park.He also postponed his wedding... Tracy Swartz http://www.redeyechicago.com/homicides
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Free Rides Exceed CTA's Expectations


A Blagojevich program not-surprisingly has back-fired.


Chicago Transit Authority - Arts - Recreation - Red Line - Green Line

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C'mon Ride the Art Train


See what happens when local artists are actually encouraged to deface a CTA train.


Chicago Transit Authority - greenline - Red Line - train - blueline

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More Transformers 3 Filming This Weekend


Area of Wacker/Wabash to be closed. Eleven CTA routes detoured.


Chicago Transit Authority - Business - Transformers - Electronics and Electrical - Transformers and Inductors

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CTA to Offer Magazine Vending Machines


The CTA will install several magazine vending machines at "L" stops around Chicago.


Vending machine - Business - Vending - Opportunities - Food and Drink

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CTA to Offer Magazine Vending Machines


The CTA will install several magazine vending machines at "L" stops around Chicago.


Vending machine - Business - Vending - Opportunities - Food and Drink

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Chicago Wins Grants for Transit Programs


More than $35 million will fund two CTA bus projects.


Chicago Transit Authority - Transportation and Logistics - Business - Urban Transport - Transit Systems

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Chicago Syncs July 4th Spectacular


3 Chicago lakefront locations; 1 themed fireworks show.


Fireworks - United States - Pyrotechnics - Independence Day - Technology

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Chicago Syncs July 4th Spectacular


3 Chicago lakefront locations; 1 themed fireworks show.


Fireworks - United States - Pyrotechnics - Independence Day - Technology

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Out late? How to get home safe by foot, bike or CTA

It's nearly summer in the city, and the temptation to get outside and enjoy it is overwhelming.... Kyra Kyles
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Chicago Syncs July 4th Spectacular


3 Chicago lakefront locations; 1 themed fireworks show.


Fireworks - United States - Pyrotechnics - Technology - Illinois

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CTA switching up card readers on buses

Chicago Card users no longer will have to squeeze past other riders to pay their fare. ... Tracy Swartz http://www.redeyechicago.com/homicides
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New CTA Trains Far From Perfect


Prototypes of new CTA trains have been removed due to much-needed improvements.


Chicago Transit Authority - Recreation - Models - Railroad - Shopping

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There's room for courtesy on CTA

CTA riders may want to think twice before camping out in priority seating, blasting their music to concert levels or blocking train doors. ... Tracy Swartz http://www.redeyechicago.com/homicides
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CTA: Cameras in Every Station By End of May


144 stations will have more than 3,000 cameras by the end of the year.


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