RTA Executive Director Stephen E. Schlickman began the year with several challenges: new leadership at the Chicago Transit Authority, a call for more minorities and women at transit agencies, and a multimillion-dollar disagreement over the extent of the CTA's 2008 budget deficit.Read the whole Q & A!
The RTA and the CTA are waiting on last year's final quarterly results to reconcile their figures next month.
But there are also bright spots for the leader of the Regional Transportation Authority.
The American Public Transportation Association released figures that show a four percent climb in mass-transit ridership nationwide in 2008, and the RTA's ridership growth was even larger than the national average. The agency also received more than $400 million in federal stimulus funds.
Meanwhile, transit officials say they're hopeful that the Illinois Legislature will adopt a new capital-spending bill for their agencies this year.
Dispatches from Chicago's south side.
Friday, March 20, 2009
RTA director talks CTA, ridership and budget crisis
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