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The signs will be developed and finalized as part of a Mental Health Awareness Symposium to be hosted by Metra in September to coincide with National Suicide Awareness Month.
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The “My Metra” campaign will highlight steps the agency has taken, following the guidance of the CDC and health officials, to create a safe experience for its riders.
Read More →The plan will be the subject of public feedback, including hearings, before the Metra Board of Directors votes in November.
Read More →Naming rights to train stations and lines would provide a new revenue source, officials say. Stations would retain their original names in addition to the brand name.
Read More →The new "Customize Your Commute" program will allow riders to individually choose when to receive email service alerts and give them the option to sign up for a variety of other emails about specialized topics.
Read More →For the first half of 2015, the systemwide on-time performance rate was 95.8%. Metra, which is also tracking the top causes for train delays, also reported that 735 of 17,433 trains were tardy by six minutes or more in June.
Read More →The work is part of the Metra Electric Community Initiative, a multiyear, multimillion-dollar plan to transform 13 stations on the line.
Read More →According to the FRA, which has promoted the adoption of the system by a handful of railroads so far, the system complements existing safety programs, builds a positive safety culture, creates an early warning system, focuses on problems instead of people, provides an incentive for learning from errors and targets the root cause of an issue, not the symptom.
Read More →Agency says it is too expensive and technologically challenging.
Read More →The bridge is situated over the Fox River along the Milwaukee District West Lake in Elgin, Ill.
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