-Did you know that Chicago operates the second largest mass transit system in the United States and provides over 2 million rides every single day?
-Did you know that the State of Illinois has had only one capital infrastructure project in the past twenty years?
-Did you know that the Chicago Transit Authority pays the highest labor costs of any U.S transit system and needs nearly seven billion dollars to reach its full operating capacity?
-Did you know that Metra still does not have electronic ticketing reducing efficiency and lowering profits?
-Did you know that just to maintain Chicago Mass Transit in its current condition the State of Illinois need to be investing at least $1 billion each year in the system which does not even include funding service improvements?
The solutions to these problems can be addressed by House Bill 1234. Please support this much needed 10 billion dollar investment in the Chicago Mass Transit System.
