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With ridership still down from pre-pandemic levels, the CTA has been relying on federal COVID-19 relief funds to make up for the drop in passenger revenue; so far, the CTA has used about 55 percent of that relief cash. Officials previously estimated a budget gap of as much as $700 million if passenger revenue doesn’t bounce back before the relief money runs out.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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That area might have low economic activity, but they do produce and export a product: crime.
Most of Obiden administration ideas are just that…….WASTE
Leaving from an inconvenient place at an inconvenient time to arrive at an inconvenient time at another inconvenient place after traveling through an incredibly dangerous area!
This is Keynes saying that the government should pay people should dig holes and then pay others to fill them back in. Building a rail line terminating in one of the most violent and poorest places in Chicago is arguably the worst idea ever.
This area from 95th to 130th streets is one of the least densely populated areas in Chicago. One you drive past 99th St. you cannot even see any houses from the highway. It’s the one area is Chicago that you can accurately call a wasteland.