Metra

At long last, the METRA construction for a new station at Peterson and Ravenswood will be starting soon. This GREATLY needed station will also result in a GREATER challenge for our WREN (West Ridge East Neighbors) neighbors to find neighborhood street parking. We are petitioning to have our area (see WREN bounderies in the above graphic) converted to Permit Parking ahead of the finished project.

Five years after a new Metra stop in Edgewater was announced, the state budget includes some "potentially very good news" for Far North Side commuters — $15 million for the long-awaited stop.

The project had been funded through the Build Illinois Bond Fund, but put on hold and de-funded during the budget impasse that began in 2015.