This week Rep. Evans joined his state legislative colleagues, staff from around the United States of America for the National Conference of State Legislatures 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 in beautiful Boston, Massachusetts. NCSL During the annual summit event Illinois Rep. Evans

Last night I thought of Commander James Lovell as this spectacular Sturgeon Moon rose over Illinois. What a great American hero who we were blessed to have live in Illinois.

"And when budget and service cuts cause riders to leave the system, it leads to even more service cuts — a self-fulfilling prophecy often referred to as a 'doom spiral.'" – CommuterRailCoalition CEO KellyAnne Gallagher in Chicago Sun-Times chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the…

At the Illinois State Fair talking transit with IDOT_Illinois Secretary Gia Biagi

Metra will be improving the schedule of its BNSF Line to Aurora beginning Monday, Sept. 8, adding weekday express trains and expanded hourly service on weekends. View the news release: metra.com/newsroom/bnsf-…

Metra will be expanding weekend service on the UP North Line beginning Saturday, Sept. 20, providing the same level of service on both Saturdays and Sundays. View the news release: metra.com/newsroom/metra…

Happy to see the #80 CTA Irving Park bus full after a doubleheader sweep by the Chicago Cubs!

As I always say - transit is an economic engine that increases property values everywhere it goes. No other public investment has a greater ROI.

I watched and voted for the Leo High School choir last night. So proud of these young men!

Awesome! #AGT

Sad to learn of the passing of a brilliant legislator and judge, Hon. Aaron Jaffe. He helped create RTA Chicago and understood the importance of well-managed regional transit to our economy and environment! chicagotribune.com/2025/09/16/aar…

Had a great conversation in front of an enthusiastic audience at the Chamber 630 panel on the future of transit in our region earlier this week. Suburban mayors and riders understand the importance of well-managed transit to the success of our region!

The RTA is honored to have been awarded the APA-IL Best Practice for our Travel Information Action Plan among such outstanding receipts! 🏆🚌 Read about the Action Plan by visiting rtachicago.org/blog/2025/08/0….

This morning the RTA met with agency leaders at CTA, Metra, and Pace to discuss the approaching fiscal cliff, budget gap numbers for the next few years, and the ongoing need for transit funding and reform. rtachicago.org/uploads/files/… Long thread below! 🧵👇

As a proud DePaul University alum I love this Red Line Rivalry between two awesome Chicago Colleges

Very cool that great Chicagoan Chance The Rapper was able to do this on the cta Red Line blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/14/cha…

Tremendous energy at CTA Red Line Rivalry OT game last night at Wintrust Arena between Loyola Men's Basketball and DePaul Basketball !