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Mayor Brandon Johnson today joined U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, members of the Illinois congressional delegation, Federal Transit Administration officials, Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Acting President Nora Leerhsen and other dignitaries to break ground on the largest and most transformational capital construction project in CTA history, the Red Line Extension (RLE) Project. The Red Line Extension Project will provide the Far South Side of Chicago with rapid rail transit for the first time, by ex​ Read More about CTA Celebrates Start of the Historic Red Line Extension Project by Breaking Ground at the Future Michigan Avenue Station

As part of its ongoing commitment to advancing supplier diversity and transit-supportive community development, the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) today announced a new partnership with DePaul University’s Driehaus College of Business to launch innovative pilot programs to support small businesses and promote economic revitalization in Chicago’s South Side. Read More about CTA and DePaul University Support Small Businesses and Foster Community Revitalization

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) has taken the next major step in the transformational Red Line Extension (RLE) Project by selecting an experienced contracting team, Walsh-VINCI Transit Community Partners, to design and build the 5.6-mile extension of the Red Line from 95th Street to 130th Street, including four new Red Line stations. Read More about Promised More Than 50 Years Ago, the Red Line Extension (RLE) Project Moves Closer to Groundbreaking with Award of Construction Contract to Walsh-VINCI Transit Community Partners

As part of its vision to extend the benefits of transit investments to the communities it serves, today the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) highlighted its successes in 2023 to work with and create opportunities for Disadvantaged and/or Small Business Enterprises (DBE/SBE). Read More about CTA Wraps Up Banner Year of Outreach to Disadvantaged and Small Businesses

Agency partners with Ascend HUB Interactive to provide a full-scale, annual program to help connect small businesses with capital resources and grow their financial capacity to pursue larger CTA contracting opportunities Read More about CTA Launches New Building Small Businesses (BSB) Program

Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) President Dorval Carter Jr., joined by Senator Dick Durbin, Representatives Mike Quigley, Jan Schakowsky, Alderman Tom Tunney (44th Ward), and other dignitaries today announced the completion of the Red-Purple Bypass and announced the start of demolition work to reconstruct 100-year-old elevated track structure north of Belmont Red Line station. The North Belmont Red-Purple Reconstruction project will remove a curvature in the tracks be​ Read More about Mayor Lightfoot, CTA, City and Federal Leaders Commemorate Completion of New Red-Purple Bypass, Announce Upcoming Historic Work in Red & Purple Modernization (RPM) Phase One Project

As the CTA begins the largest construction project in its history, the $2.1 billion Red and Purple Modernization (RPM) Phase One project, the agency announced today the launch of its “CTA Building Small Businesses Program,” a new, innovative program designed to increase small business participation in RPM and other large-scale construction projects by ensuring local entrepreneurs have the financial guidance, support and resources to bid on City contracts. Read More about Mayor Lightfoot and CTA Launch “CTA Building Small Businesses Program" to Help Local Entrepreneurs Work on Largest Project in Agency History