Last week we showed you how your fare gets split into the different parts of the CTA budget. However, your $2.25 doesn’t pay for everything the CTA needs. In fact, fares pay for only about 40% of the $1.3 billion budget. So where does the money come from?

Well over half the money needed to keep [...]

Chicago has the second largest public transit system in the United States. The CTA manages 1,781 buses and 1,200 rail cars covering 224 miles of track to accommodate the more than 1.6 million rides taken per day. Have you ever wondered what fare helps pay for? Well, wonder no longer!

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Time Magazine’s cover story this week takes a head-on look at our oil future. In the tightly wound and sometimes muddled piece, we are reminded quite clearly that there is still no substitute for oil, and it remains by far the most heavily used fuel for transportation in this country.
The new kid on the oil [...]