mass Transit

With public transit agencies in Chicagoland facing a fiscal cliff and the potential for thousands of layoffs, the state did not pass a bill that would have provided the agencies with potentially over $1 billion in new funding.

Public transit agencies in downstate Illinois are joining Chicagoland rail and bus operators in asking the state for help balancing their budgets.

The group tasked with generating a plan to address a funding gap that could render Connect Transit insolvent by 2026 has concluded its work.Connect to the…