(Crain’s) — Chicago Transit Authority service cuts that could take effect next month are just a small taste of what could come next year without new state funding, an agency executive said Thursday.
"CTA service would be completely decimated," cut as much as 75%, CTA Executive Vice-president Dorval Carter said at the Regional Transportation Authority board meeting. "You’ll see CTA customers stranded as their transit options disappear."
Without a new transit funding package from state lawmakers, the CTA could also raise cash fares next year to as high as $6 to plug what could be a $250-meeeellion hole in its operating budget, Mr. Carter said. Single-ride cash fares are currently $2.
Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed a state budget Thursday for fiscal 2008 that does not include new transit funding.
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I think it might finally be time. Time to contemplate learning to operate one of those automobile devices everyone talks about. I mean, it's a straight shot down LSD to work, I'd get there half as fast.
Anudder reason government should be run lika business - run the profitable routes and get rid of all those crappy routes nobody takes. Run buses only during rush hour, then buses every half hour the rest of the time to ensure they're jam-packed. Oh yeah. This should work briiiliantly. The IOC will eat that $#!+ up too when that comes up.
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