The 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.
  • magguzu@midwest.socialOPEnglish
    7·
    1 month ago

    Like many parts of the US, we were in serious g danger of massive budget cuts for next year after COVID transit relief dries up.

    In Chicago’s case we had three scenarios.

    1. Funding does not pass, 40% service cuts everywhere. Devastating

    2. 700 million. Status quo, the current schedules remain with the gaps many have been experiencing since ether pandemic.

    3. This 1.5 billion. Not without compromises, but very promising to improve reliability and frequency

  • rafoix@lemmy.zipEnglish
    6·
    1 month ago

    $1.5 billion is not that much in a major American metropolitan area. We gotta make these kinds of investments more common.