Illinois taxpayer cost to consolidate transit system could be out $1.5 billion – Center Square

State Sen. Donald DeWitte has been on the RTA board for five years and said he believes Pace and Metra have done a good job with fiscal responsibility. “The CTA has revised their fare structure twice in the last 12 years, the last time was in 2018,” he said. “This is why they find themselves in such dire financial straits.”
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Wyatt Earp
2 years ago

If Chicago can’t afford it why must the entire state take the hit. Bunch of leaches take our money. Don’t give us the engine driving the state B.S. let it shut down we will be just fine.

Ex Illini
2 years ago

These entities were on the receiving end of hundreds of millions of COVID bucks from Dementia Joe. Instead of getting their acts together to address structural budget deficits, they did nothing. They used the taxpayer money to keep the status quo for four years. Pathetic.

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