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In May, the board of directors approved testing several recommendations that emerged from a study of its fare policies.
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The ideas were among recommendations that emerged from a fare policy study that began in 2016.
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Once completed, the agency will be able to rehab 60 railcars a year.
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According to the report, CTA, Pace, and Metra ranked in the top half of their peer groups for 14 of the 16 measures reviewed and in the top three for seven of those measures.
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Ending the program will save about $144,000 in annual website hosting and maintenance costs, as well as interface support costs.
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The F59PHIs, which were built by the Electro-Motive Division of GM in 1998 and have been rehabbed within the last five years, have similar parts and operating characteristics to Metra’s existing fleet of EMD F40s, some of which are 35 years old and are in need of overhaul.
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New regional plan sets a bold, yet practical, vision for “public transit as the core of the region’s robust transportation mobility network.”
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Is asking for proposals for both new and remanufactured engines because it wants to weigh the costs/benefits of both options.
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Through the use of GPS technology, the agency's communication specialists can monitor the position and timeliness of all trains in the system in real time and alert passengers in a variety of ways.
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At about 10:50 p.m. Tuesday when the third, fourth, and fifth cars of the eight-car train derailed. The derailed cars remained upright, and the other five cars and the locomotive remained on the tracks. There were three passengers on the train at the time; there were no injuries.
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