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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
Live from Springfield: Environmental advocates urge lawmakers to “fix and fund public transportation” at Climate Action Day at the Capitol
On Tuesday, I hopped on my bicycle and high-tailed it from Chicago to Springfield, Illinois, the state capital, in an effort to sample my first-ever horseshoe sandwich. In case you're not familiar with that delicacy, it's an open-faced sandwich composed of thick-sliced toast, a protein (often hamburger patties, but there are several other options), cheese sauce, and french fries. It's an indigenous dish of Flower City and, as far as I know, it's no longer available in the Windy City.
October 15, 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
Watch: The final installment of “Save Chicago Transit: The Comedy Show” at Second City, featuring Amy Rynell and Eva-Dina Delgado
On Tuesday, the curtains closed on last month's "Save Chicago Transit: The Comedy Show," a weekly series presented by Funny You Should Care at Second City. Meanwhile, it's now October, the month in which Illinois state legislators will hopefully pass a public transportation reform and finance bill that will rescue our region from the looming transit fiscal cliff.
October 2, 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
A transit fiscal cliff town hall double-header: Wicker Park and Uptown
At the Truman College event, Sen. Mike Simmons and Sen Ram Villivalam disputed claims about the transit bill from Republican senators.
September 24, 2025
