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AnalytiKroll @analytikroll.bsky.social · 11h

Sad thing is it used to get so much worse.

AnalytiKroll @analytikroll.bsky.social · 1d

Hot Take: The fares should have been higher but included fare capping to reduce costs on regular riders. I would honestly be ok with a fare as high as $3.50 if it meant I wouldn't pay more than $7 in a day (2 taps) or $28 in a week (8 taps), or $98 in a month (28 taps).

AnalytiKroll @analytikroll.bsky.social · 1d

Here is a detailed list of all the fare changes happening across the RTA. Pace fare increases are generally 10% with Metra's ranging between 10-15%. CTA's is all over with anything other than one-way fares up 15% plus, including 20% on most passes and 50% on the RCP.

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AnalytiKroll @analytikroll.bsky.social · 1d

Some details that have gone largely unnoticed include the RCP now being cost prohibitive to reduced fare riders, no one-way rail fare increase for reduced riders but they are now being charge the O'Hare premium, and Tap-To-Pay Fares are now $3 whether it's on a bus or train.

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AnalytiKroll @analytikroll.bsky.social · 1d

Here is a detailed list of all the fare changes happening across the RTA. Pace fare increases are generally 10% with Metra's ranging between 10-15%. CTA's is all over with anything other than one-way fares up 15% plus, including 20% on most passes and 50% on the RCP.

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AnalytiKroll @analytikroll.bsky.social · 1d

Another issue with the current Regional Pass system is that there is no option for reduced fare. With the Regional Connect Pass now being $45, it is actually cheaper for reduced fare riders to buy the 30-Day CTA/Pace Pass for $40.

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AnalytiKroll @analytikroll.bsky.social · 1d

Speaking of PAYGO, Tap-to-Pay is now a premium at $3.00 per ride whether it's on bus or rail.

AnalytiKroll @analytikroll.bsky.social · 1d

The only one that is defensible is the 7-day pass it was lowered from $25 to $20 in 2023. Also no mention of fare capping.

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AnalytiKroll @analytikroll.bsky.social · 2d

The main reason rail service here ends so late is due to freight trains operating in the south ends of the lines and FRA regulations prohibiting them to run in tandem with passenger service.

AnalytiKroll @analytikroll.bsky.social · 2d

As much as I hate how early UTA service ends they at least cater to major events when they go late. The Utes game just finished at 11:45p MDT due to rain delays and they are still going to operate Red Line Trains for riders.

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AnalytiKroll @analytikroll.bsky.social · 2d

It got even more confusing.

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AnalytiKroll @analytikroll.bsky.social · 2d

Hopefully nobody who took the UP-W tonight is ADA.

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AnalytiKroll @analytikroll.bsky.social · 3d

It has since been taken down be McDonald's is having none of that.

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AnalytiKroll @analytikroll.bsky.social · 3d

This was not a coincidence.

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AnalytiKroll @analytikroll.bsky.social · 3d

Hanover Park isn't all Cook County, is it?

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AnalytiKroll @analytikroll.bsky.social · 3d

Detailed fare increase metric for the CTA, Metra, and Pace. CTA one-way fares are yet to be announced but it is pretty easy to assume they will see the $.25 as it is in line with the 10% increase the RTA is requiring.

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AnalytiKroll @analytikroll.bsky.social · 3d

Sorry for the post spam, I kept noticing minor errors in my data.

AnalytiKroll @analytikroll.bsky.social · 3d

Something not shown is the 15% increase of the Regional Day Pass and 20% plus increase to the Metra Monthly with the Regional Connect Pass. The CTA is assumedly making the calls and increased the price of the RDP add-on by 20% from $2.50 to $3 and the RCP add-on by 50% from $30 to $45.

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AnalytiKroll @analytikroll.bsky.social · 3d

Surely this has nothing to do with it.

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AnalytiKroll @analytikroll.bsky.social · 3d

The "North Suburban Cook County" Metra Budget hearing is being held in Hanover Park that outside of the nearby Metra station, only has a single hourly Pace bus connection. It is also barely in Cook County, with half of the village actually in DuPage County.

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AnalytiKroll @analytikroll.bsky.social · 4d

MAGA is now also raising car insurance rates.

Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 4d

I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.

A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.

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AnalytiKroll @analytikroll.bsky.social · 5d

With the announcement of the 2026 Pace Budget Hearing came a more finalized version of the proposed fare increase with reduced fares. There is still no mention of fare capping.

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AnalytiKroll @analytikroll.bsky.social · 5d

Graphic design is my passion.

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AnalytiKroll @analytikroll.bsky.social · 5d

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AnalytiKroll @analytikroll.bsky.social · 6d

If it is happening this hard in the public sector, you know it is happening even worse in the private sector.

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