US EditionFuture of Chicago Area Transit Funding Uncertain After Lawmakers Miss Deadline
- Chicago-Area transit agencies CTA, Metra, and Pace face a $771 million budget gap for 2026 as Illinois lawmakers missed the funding deadline on May 31, 2025.
- The shortfall results from the Illinois General Assembly adjourning without approving a funding package despite passing a $55 billion state budget.
- Metra plans a $220 million deficit, Pace expects a $60 million shortfall, and the RTA oversees efforts to develop budgets under current funding laws.
- An RTA official warned cuts could start as early as March 2026, with potential 40% service reductions referred to as 'doomsday' cuts by transit authorities.
- Though service cuts remain uncertain, officials and lawmakers plan further negotiations and possible special sessions this summer to resolve funding and reform issues.
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Capitol Fa - Your Illinois News Radar » Mayor Johnson on transit funding, grocery taxCapitolFax.com
* At a press availability this morning, Mayor Brandon Johnson was asked about the General Assembly’s failure to pass transit legislation… Reporter: Are you concerned that this could lead to widespread shutdowns of the CTA bus and rail lines? And are you concerned about what this will mean to Chicagoans who rely on the CTA to [...]
Public transit funding bill missed a big deadline. What happens next?
CTA, Metra and Pace said Monday they would soon be planning cuts in their 2026 budgets, after state legislators missed their first big deadline to fund public transit with the close of the spring legislative session Saturday — inching the transit agencies one step closer to the edge of the "fiscal cliff.”Now it's unclear if lawmakers will approve the $770 million needed to cover the agencies’ budget holes in 2026 when federal pandemic aid runs o…
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