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How CTA, Pace Are Looking To Boost Ridership

In this Sept. 17, 2014 file photo, two Chicago Transit Authority elevated trains can be seen above Wabash Avenue in Chicago’s famed Loop.

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How CTA, Pace Are Looking To Boost Ridership

CTA and Pace have tried to reverse falling bus ridership for years.

Reset transportation contributor Mary Wisniewski joins the show to share her latest ideas.

GUEST: Mary Wisniewski, transportation reporter and columnist at the Chicago Tribune

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