Metra riders who receive Illinois Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits will be able to pay reduced fares on all Metra trains under a new low-income fare pilot. The program will work like the existing RTA reduced-fare permits, which allow seniors and riders with disabilities to pay about half of what the regular riders pay to […]
Author Archives: Igor Studenkov
Igor Studenkov is a winner of multiple Illinois Press Association awards for local government and business reporting. He has been contributing to Growing Community Media newspapers in 2012, then from 2015 onward. His work appeared in Austin Weekly News, Wednesday Journal and Forest Park Review, as well as Streetsblog Chicago and various community newspapers throughout the Chicagoland region.
