Transportation in Cook County, Illinois - Regional Transportation Authority, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Lake Cook Road (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Regional Transportation Authority, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Lake Cook Road, U.S. Route 12 in Illinois, Pace, Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway, U.S. Route 41 in Illinois, Illinois Route 59, Skokie Highway, Chicago SouthShore and South Bend Railroad, Central, Davis, Linden, Foster, Noyes, U.S. Route 14 in Illinois, Evanston Davis Street, Evanston Central Street, Vermont Street, Palatine, South Boulevard, Wilmette, Glencoe, Berwyn, Evanston Main Street, Indian Hill, Des Plaines River Valley Bridge, La Grange, Oak Park, Harlem, Brookfield, Blue Island, Palatine, Lake Zurich and Wauconda Railroad, Stone Avenue, Cicero, Hollywood, Dempster, Mount Prospect, River Forest, Crawford-East Prairie, Melrose Park, Kostner, Berkeley, Dodge, Harlem Avenue, Burr Oak, Asbury, Bellwood, Ashland Avenue, Western Springs, Chicago Ridge, Isabella, Kenilworth, McCook Station, Willow Springs, Ridgeland, Maywood, Oak Lawn, Orland Park 143rd Street, Calvary, Congress Park, La Vergne, Orland Park 179th Street, Palos Heights, Riverside, Orland Park 153rd Street, Palos Park. Excerpt: The Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) is the financial and oversight body for the three transit agencies in northeastern Illinois; the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), Metra, and Pace, which are called Service Boards in the RTA Act. RTA serves Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties. The RTA Board consists of 16 directors, with 5 appointed by the Mayor of Chicago, 4 by the members of the Cook County Board elected outside of Chicago, one by the Cook County Board President, and one each by the County Board Chairman of the five collar counties. The Chairman of the RTA Board is the 16th member, and is appointed with the concurrence of 11 of the other RTA Board members, including at least 2 each from Chicago, suburban Cook County, and the colla...