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Illinois

Ask Governor Pritzker to extend the Illinois High Speed Railway Commission

Ask Governor Pritzker to extend the Illinois High Speed Railway Commission

Action Alerts, Illinois

Last Train to Paris

Last Train to Paris

Advocacy, Illinois, Policy and Legislation, Sustainability

Last Train to Paris

Illinois Passenger Rail Commission Could Take on State Planning

Advocacy, Illinois, Policy and Legislation

Amtrak Should Rethink Its Plan to Sell a National Asset

Amtrak Should Rethink Its Plan to Sell a National Asset

Chicago, Illinois, Midwest

Chicago Bears Stadium Proposal Should Include Regional Rail

Chicago Bears Stadium Proposal Should Include Regional Rail

Chicago, Illinois, Regional Rail

Illinois’ Passenger Rail Planning Act aims for success, not bare survival

Illinois’ Passenger Rail Planning Act aims for success, not bare survival

Illinois, Midwest, Policy and Legislation

Electrifying Chicago Union Station is Key to Modern Train Travel

Electrifying Chicago Union Station is Key to Modern Train Travel

CUS, Illinois, Midwest, Stations

Chicago Union Station needs a new entrance from Van Buren St.

Chicago Union Station needs a new entrance from Van Buren St.

Chicago, CUS, Illinois, Midwest, Stations

Illinois commits funding to bring trains to Quad Cities

Illinois commits funding to bring trains to Quad Cities

Illinois

Illinois Quietly Rewrote the Rules: Intercity Rail is Now Transit

Illinois Quietly Rewrote the Rules: Intercity Rail is Now Transit

Chicago, Illinois, Metra, Regional Rail

Illinois Transit Package Opens Door to Regional Rail

Illinois Transit Package Opens Door to Regional Rail

Chicago, Illinois, Policy and Legislation, Regional Rail

As Fiscal Cliff looms, Alliance event charts path  for world-class transit in Illinois

As Fiscal Cliff looms, Alliance event charts path for world-class transit in Illinois

Illinois, Metra

Illinois Transit Package Opens Door to Regional Rail

Illinois Transit Bill Could Deliver the First Real Money for Intercity Rail

Chicago, Illinois, Intercity Bus, Metra, Midwest, Policy and Legislation, Regional Rail

Kam “can guarantee you” that Fiscal Cliff legislation will get done

Kam “can guarantee you” that Fiscal Cliff legislation will get done

Illinois

Burlington Trailways to Discontinue Important Midwest Connectors

Burlington Trailways to Discontinue Important Midwest Connectors

Illinois, Intercity Bus

Chicago-based Amtrak trains are running out of seats

Chicago-based Amtrak trains are running out of seats

Illinois, Midwest, Regional Rail

Metra’s South Chicago Branch and the Illinois Quantum Campus

Metra’s South Chicago Branch and the Illinois Quantum Campus

Illinois, Metra

A Modernized Metra is the Key to Quantum Computing in Illinois

A Modernized Metra is the Key to Quantum Computing in Illinois

Chicago, electrification, Illinois, Metra, Regional Rail

Illinois Transit Overhaul Could Be a Game-Changer

Illinois Transit Overhaul Could Be a Game-Changer

Illinois

Update on Illinois High Speed Railway Commission’s May 2025 meeting

Update on Illinois High Speed Railway Commission’s May 2025 meeting

High Speed Rail, Illinois, Midwest

Alliance Members Show Up for Illinois Railway Investment

Alliance Members Show Up for Illinois Railway Investment

Illinois

Illinois Fast Track Action Center

Illinois Fast Track Action Center

Action Alerts, Illinois

Illinois Fast Track Action Center

Illinois Corridors and Projects

Chicago, Illinois, Midwest

Illinois Needs an Integrated Railway Program

Illinois Needs an Integrated Railway Program

Illinois, Metra

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