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Taking a (sleepy) victory lap with House Majority Leader Delgado, an architect of the $1.5B transit bill that passed in the Halloween wee hours
"If I get home before daylightI just might get some sleep tonight"
October 31, 2025
Star:Line Chicago, Capitol Fax (and Streetsblog?) brutally roast Illinois Policy CEO’s clueless op-ed about the transit bill
If you weren't already convinced that the Illinois Policy Institute think tank is an alarmist right-wing organization, just check out the homepage of their blog. The headlines are screaming at you in all caps. And they seem to carefully select the most unflattering screenshots possible of progressive leaders such as Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, a strategy right out of the Fox News playbook.
October 27, 2025
Illinois State Sen. Ram Villivilam provides an update on efforts to get a transit reform/funding bill to the finish line
It's getting down to the wire as Illinois legislators try to pass a transit reform and funding bill during their fall veto session, which wraps up next week from Tuesday through Thursday. If they don't approve such legislation soon, the result could be major service cuts and layoffs for the CTA, Metra, and Pace.
October 24, 2025
Right-wing Illinois Policy: Transit funding plan would hurt Prairie State residents “who don’t use CTA, Metra or Pace.” Here’s why they’re wrong.
Whether the subject is traffic safety or transit funding you can almost always count on the right-leaning Illinois Policy Institute think tank to get the story wrong when it comes to livable streets issues.
October 20, 2025
Kam was replaced by Ram, but High Speed Rail Alliance’s “Averting the Fiscal Cliff” talk was still thought-provoking
Last Friday's transit talk, "Averting the Cliff: The Road to Regional & High-Speed Rail" was supposed to feature State Rep. Kam Buckner, co-leader of the House's Public Transit Working Group, but he couldn't make it. So the question of who would take his place was a bit of a cliffhanger: Who would fill Buckner's Nikes?
October 15, 2025
Chicago DSA and Chicago Transit Justice Coalition sounded off on the fiscal cliff and job conditions at CTA Worker and Rider Town Hall
Usually in news stories about Chicagoland's looming transit fiscal cliff, which Springfield legislators resumed tackling in the fall veto session today, you hear from agency officials, public transportation advocates, and riders.
October 14, 2025
As we anxiously await the fall veto session, Rep. Mary Beth Canty offers a pep talk. She thinks a transit reform/funding bill will pass.
"I am a patient boyI wait, I wait, I wait, I wait"
October 10, 2025
Beverly resident Anne Alt asked Rep. Mary Gill (D-35th) to help pass a transit reform/funding bill during veto session. Here’s Gill’s response.
As Streetsblog Chicago readers are well aware, this is a pivotal month for regional sustainable transportation. State legislators will return to Springfield for a fall veto session, taking place on October 14-16 and October 28-30. While things are tense right now in Illinois, hopefully the lawmakers won't be distracted from passing a transit funding/reform bill, to permanently save Chicagoland from projected 40 percent transit service cuts and 3,000 layoffs.
October 9, 2025
What is the future of Illinois transit governance and funding? We asked California Psychics
"Let's go upstairs and read my tarot cards"
September 27, 2025
GOP State Rep. and Rosemont Mayor Brad Stephens on solving the transit fiscal cliff: “This can’t be a city-versus-suburbs thing.”
"Slow motion riders fly the colors of the day...Listen now children, all is not lost.
September 25, 2025
