Chicago Transit Authority and Pace riders will shell out at least a quarter more to ride city trains and city and suburban buses in 2009. Metra increased fares earlier this year.
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Frank is a 26-year-old based in Rogers ParkJoined 7 weeks 5 days ago. Last active 22 hours 13 min ago.Frank's Bio
I'm the community organizer at the Chi-Town Daily News, live in rogers park, play the bass and the banjo, and have a badass dog named basil. oh, and love riding bikes, except for when cars hit you (boo!)
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