Chicago Transit Authority is getting extra funding for security and service improvements – including bus and el train service on the West Side. The Northern Illinois Transportation Authority Act passed last October created new revenue streams to fund transit, including allowing a 0.25% RTA sales tax increase. Those measures took effect on June 1, and the Regional Transportation Authority Board of Directors voted […]
Author Archives: Igor Studenkov
Igor Studenkov is a winner of multiple Illinois Press Association awards for local government and business reporting. He has been contributing to Austin Weekly News since 2015. His work has also appeared in Wednesday Journal and Forest Park Review, as well as Streetsblog Chicago and various community newspapers throughout the Chicagoland region. His favorite West Side library is Austin library, and his favorite West Side business is Out of the Past Records
