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The iceman leaveth: After a judge issued a restraining order, the Trump administration was forced to unfreeze funding for the RLE and RPM projects
Plus transit experts and advocates Yonah Freemark, Nik Hunder, and Oboi Reed respond to the good news.
March 30, 2026
At CTA board meeting, an update on bus lane cams, and commiseration over Trump’s blockade of RLE grant: “This is not normal.”
Today's monthly CTA board meeting took place as Illinois lawmakers are getting ready to return to Springfield for the fall veto session, scheduled for October 14-16 and October 28-30. Let's keep our fingers crossed that they will finally pass a transit funding/reform bill, permanently saving our region from previously projected 40 percent service cuts and 3,000 layoffs.
October 8, 2025
Don’t mess with Illinois! Local politicians and advocates say Trump’s latest attack on Chicagoland transportation won’t succeed
The USDOT announced it is blocking $2.1 million in previously approved federal funding for the Red Line Extension and the Red & Purple Modernization Project.
October 3, 2025
Trump’s USDOT secretary wants you to drive to Midwest landmarks. Here are some car-free alternatives.
The press release for the U.S. Department of Transportation's "Great American Summer Roadtrip" project led by agency secretary Sean Duffy reads kind of like you'd figure. Like Donald Trump, he's a former reality TV show cast member, and he used to be a Fox Business television co-host.
July 1, 2025
