245,027,287
732,176,438
813,425,172
899,790,535
991,547,594
1,089,032,562
1,192,578,487
$1.93 billion
RTA's budget shortfall
$1.2 billion
$0.8
$1.0
$0.6
$0.4
$0.2
$0.0
'25
'26
'27
'28
'29
'30
'31
$1.93 billion
2031
“I don’t use the CTA often, mostly because of safety. It is oftentimes more inconvenient than driving, but sometimes faster than traffic. It is usually pretty dirty as well. I prefer to walk instead if it’s a shorter distance.”
If I have an opportunity to send my child to Lindblom (a selective enrollment high school), I’m not going to trade that for the school across the street that has nothing. You’d be crazy.”
—Darlene O’Banner
— River North resident Mitchell Fabian