RTA warns of how drastic service cuts would be to CTA, Metra, Pace without bailout from state
The Regional Transportation Authority on Thursday issued details about just how much the CTA, Metra, and Pace need to cut if ...
CTA, Metra, Pace say they will have to cut services by 40% in 2026 if state doesn't intervene
The three agencies on Friday initiated the latest in a pressure campaign on state lawmakers to appropriate more state money.
Dozens of Metra, CTA train, bus lines could be cut due to $770M budget hole: Transit officials
The Regional Transit Authority warned that COVID fund running out could lead to at least four of eight CTA train lines could ...
Lawmakers' options to avoid public transit cuts
Using ‘flex funds’: One of the quickest ways to find money may be to redirect the state’s federal highway funds to public ...
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With Chicago’s mass transit system on the fiscal precipice, what solutions are on the table?
State lawmakers remain focused on reforming Chicago mass transit. But legislators have all but refused to talk about ...
RTA Board meets with $771M budget shortfall looming with cuts forecast for CTA, Metra, Pace
The Regional Transportation Authority's Board of Directors meeting for the first time since releasing a bleak report last ...
Major service cuts on Metra, CTA, Pace possible if $771M budget shortfall not solved: RTA
Public transportation in Chicago is in jeopardy, if a $771 million budget shortfall isn't solved, the Regional Transportation Authority said Friday.
Chicago transit agencies warn of drastic cuts in face of looming $770 million budget shortfall
The Regional Transportation Authority, the umbrella agency overseeing CTA, Metra, and Pace, is calling the situation potentially devastating.
RTA outlines ‘doomsday’ transit cuts if budget gap isn’t filled, including slashing bus and train lines
More than half of Chicago’s bus routes could be eliminated, at least parts of four “L” lines could be shut down and Metra ...
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As Chicago transit cliff nears, call made for services tax
As Chicago transit agencies and Illinois lawmakers near a deadline to fix a transit budget shortfall of about $770 million, ...
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Transit Workers Raise Awareness of Looming $770M Budget Gap for Chicago-Area Public Transit Systems
The CTA, Metra and Pace are facing an impending budget gap when federal COVID-19 relief funding runs out next year. Transit ...