Srinagar: Series of activities to raise awareness among the masses with respect to road safety marked the culmination of National Road Safety Month-2021 themed ‘Sadak Suraksha Jeevan Raksha’ across all the districts of Kashmir.
On the occasion, Valediction function was held at Srinagar and at all the districts to observe the conclusion of the month long awareness drive that was kick started on 18 January, 2021.
During this period, a number of activities including debates, quiz, essay and painting competitions, distribution of pamphlets and print material, blood donation camp, fitness mela, walkathon, rallies to raise mass awareness among the drivers and the public about road safety norms besides health check up camps were conducted by the Regional Transport Authority, Kashmir and Astt. Regional Transport Offices of all the districts.
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Commuters board their train at the Elgin Metra station. Brian Hill | Staff Photographer
Updated 2/18/2021 8:18 PM
A one-time exception is how Regional Transportation Authority leaders on Thursday characterized a plan to channel to the Chicago Transit Authority a portion of federal COVID-19 relief dollars that typically would go to Metra and Pace.
The move that upends traditional funding allocations for the transit agencies is necessary to ensure critical services are delivered amid the pandemic crisis until more federal aid comes, officials said.
Congress approved its second COVID-19 package in December. The RTA plan would give the CTA $361 million, or 77.5%, Metra $83 million, or 17.9%, and Pace $22 million, or 4.6%, of a $486 million pot. The remainder would go to paratransit.
Updated 2/17/2021 7:53 PM
A new Regional Transportation Authority formula to distribute federal COVID-19 relief funds raised Metra directors hackles Wednesday after learning the plan will give a chunk of the rail agency s traditional share to the Chicago Transit Authority.
About $486 million became available for Metra, Pace and the CTA after Congress approved the Coronavirus Response and Relief Act in December. RTA planners said they recalibrated allocations to benefit areas where the needs are most critical.
The CTA would receive $361 million, or 77.5%, of the $486 million, Metra will get $83 million, or 17.9%, and $22 million, or 4.6%, will be distributed to Pace.
The CARES Act, the first pandemic aid bill, gave regional transit $1.43 billion that was split up following an established formula of 58% to the CTA, 34% to Metra and 8% to Pace, netting the CTA $817.5 million, Metra $479.2 million and Pace $112.8 million, with the remainder going to the RTA.
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Reckless parking continues to hamper business at Broadway
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Business hub yet to recover fully from blow dealt by pandemic curbs, lockdown The perennial problem of reckless parking has returned to haunt the business nerve centre of Broadway, which is yet to fully recover from the blow dealt by the pandemic and the subsequent lockdown. Broadway was also closed down quite a few times even post-lockdown as it was declared a containment zone, further hampering business.
“Though Broadway is still a no-parking zone as designated by the Regional Transport Authority, it holds little meaning as unregulated and haphazard parking remains the norm. Staff and shop owners from the neighbouring Penta Menaka shopping complex park their two-wheelers here through the day as the space there has been made a paid service. We have raised the matter multiple times with the City Police and