The heart of the transit funding package is a decision to use all state motor fuel sales taxes to fund mass transit instead of sending that cash to the Road Fund.
The Illinois General Assembly passed a compromise bill to fund public transportation, including CTA, Metra and Pace, with the ...
For months, Illinois transit leaders warned of a doomsday scenario that would hobble the region’s mass transit systems. That ...
The $1.5 billion funding package also creates a new regional governing body for the system: the Northern Illinois Transit ...
Plan includes a state motor fuel sales tax, using interest from the state’s road fund, a sales tax increase in the Chicago metro area and a sharp increase in tolls on the Illinois Tollway.