Talia Soglin

4 days ago | bnd.com | Talia Soglin |Jeremy Gorner

For months, Chicagoland's transit agencies have sounded an alarm: If lawmakers don't plug a looming $771 million budget gap, they warned, residents will experience drastic service cuts on the CTA, Metra and Pace next year. Over the weekend, Illinois lawmakers adjourned their spring legislative session without passing legislation that would avert the fiscal cliff.

5 days ago | chicagotribune.com | Talia Soglin |Jeremy Gorner

For months, Chicagoland’s transit agencies have sounded an alarm: If lawmakers don’t plug a looming $771 million budget gap, they warned, residents will experience drastic service cuts on the CTA, Metra and Pace next year. Over the weekend, Illinois lawmakers adjourned their spring legislative session without passing legislation that would avert the fiscal cliff.

6 days ago | masstransitmag.com | Talia Soglin |Olivia Olander |Jeremy Gorner

After months of negotiations amid warnings of potentially drastic service cuts, Illinois lawmakers on Wednesday introduced a bill they said addresses the expected $771 million financial shortfall for Chicago-area public transit with proposals that include a 50-cent hike on Illinois toll roads and an additional tax on ride-sharing services. “The funding mechanism we put forward, with estimates, gets us above the fiscal cliff amount,” Democratic Sen.

1 week ago | masstransitmag.com | Jeremy Gorner |Talia Soglin |Olivia Olander

Illinois lawmakers filed a long-awaited bill Wednesday that would reform the Chicago area’s public transportation system with changes to its overall governing structure and a new police force to patrol its bus and train lines. But the bill, filed just days before the scheduled adjournment of the spring legislative session, does not include a proposal for how those reforms will be funded as Chicago-area transit agencies face an impending $771 million fiscal cliff at the end of this year.

1 week ago | chicagotribune.com | Talia Soglin |Olivia Olander |Jeremy Gorner

SPRINGFIELD — After months of negotiations amid warnings of potentially drastic service cuts, Illinois lawmakers on Thursday introduced a bill they said addresses the expected $771 million financial shortfall for Chicago-area public transit with proposals that include a 50-cent hike on Illinois toll roads and an additional tax on ride sharing services. “The funding mechanism we put forward, with estimates, gets us above the fiscal cliff amount,” Democratic Sen.