Lightfoot, Preckwinkle urged to work out transit dispute – Crain’s

Quit the fighting and work it out. That’s the bottom-line message of an unusual letter sent today to Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and others that urges prompt approval of a proposed pilot program to boost transit ridership on the South Side and south suburbs by slashing fares on Metra’s Electric and Rock Island lines. Signers include the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club and the Metropolitan Planning Council. Also aboard are the Active Transportation Alliance, the Center for Neighborhood Technology and the Environmental Law & Policy Center.