Completed Drupal site or project URL: https://metrarail.com/

As part of a regional transportation network, Metra provides safe, reliable, efficient commuter rail service that enhances the economic and environmental health of Northeast Illinois. Its vision is to be a world-class commuter rail agency linking communities throughout the region by:

• Providing the safest, most efficient and most reliable service to its customers
• Sustaining its infrastructure for future generations
• Leading the industry in achieving continuous improvement, innovation, and transparency
• Facilitating economic vitality throughout Northeast Illinois

That mission was not reflected in its old website, however. The old website used a proprietary CMS, Adobe CQ, that required high annual licensing and hosting fees. Website hosting was within a scalable environment, but that scaling was not dynamic and therefore not able to support unexpectedly heavy traffic load.
Maintenance was difficult, with simple site content changes often requiring a knowledge of HTML and CSS that the content owners did not always have. Additionally, relying on a separate template and not including all content, the mobile site was insufficient and difficult to use, despite the fact that nearly 2/3 of the site traffic already came from such devices. Metra knew that it needed an overhaul for its website in order to serve the residents of Northeast Illinois for years to come.

Key modules/theme/distribution used: Elysia CronFeaturesRabbit HoleWebformWorkbenchTeam members: DrupalKellyTgjangeloMarc DeLayDElion