Trends in the Regions Chicago regional transit agency wants more funding, wider authority By Jennifer Shea January 22, 2025, 8:00 a.m. EST 5 Min Read ...

Chicagoans rallied on Saturday to advocate for public transit funding throughout Illinois as the state faces a multi-million ...

State lawmakers are spending this spring’s legislative session debating how to solve a $771 million funding gap the Chicago area’s public transportation agencies face in 2026.

CHICAGO — It was standing room only in a downtown Chicago committee hearing Tuesday as activists, transit experts and lobbyists hung on the words of the region’s transit agency chiefs. Public ...

The Plan of Action for Regional Transit asks lawmakers for $1.5 billion of new operating support for transit and at least $400 million annually of complementary capital investments.

But the early pushback offers a glimpse of the issues likely to come to the forefront as the Chicago area’s three public transit agencies face a looming $730 million budget hole once federal ...

Under an expected measure, Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pace would combine into a single system in hopes of resolving funding issues, as well as providing more reliable and safer services.

CHICAGO – Officials with the state's largest transit agencies met with lawmakers on Tuesday to sound the alarm for what Regional Transportation Authority Executive Director Leanne Redden called ...

Plan for Action for Regional Transit books on a table for guests during a news conference spotlighting proposed solutions to the northeastern Illinois’ transit funding crisis at the Old Post ...

Recommendations may include changes to transit funding formulas and requirements for transit systems to make up at least half of their budgets from fares. In Chicago, the number is $730 million.

CHICAGO — It was standing room only in a downtown Chicago committee hearing Tuesday as activists, transit experts and lobbyists hung on the words of the region’s transit agency chiefs.

Sen. Ram Villivalam, D-Chicago, presides over a Transportation Committee hearing featuring the heads of the Chicago Transit Authority, Pace, Metra and Regional Transportation Authority.