Posted Jun 24, 2009, 3:09 PM
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Adoptive Chicagoan
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: River North, Chicago, Illinois
Posts: 5,157
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From the Trib:
CTA Service Cuts Loom
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A second round of budget cuts this year is on the way for Chicago-area mass transit agencies because of the recession, greatly increasing the prospect that commuters will face cuts in service, officials warned Tuesday.
The Regional Transportation Authority board will be asked Thursday to approve operating cuts totaling $61 million at the CTA, Metra and Pace to make up for a deepening drop in sales-tax revenue to pay for transit, officials said.
Entire CTA bus routes could be terminated and bus and rail service overall reduced by as much as 20 percent, CTA officials said.
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We're far from the only agency with this issue - seems like Obama ought to step in and provide 1 or 2 year operating subsidies to transit agencies until the economy picks up again.
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