In this article about the new public transit deal (you know, where the state pours a bunch of money into the CTA, Metra, and Pace and old people ride for free), RTA Executive Director Steve Schlickman had this to say:
"We can’t afford to have fare increases and service cuts this Sunday. It would be the worst thing to happen to transit in this region, in this state and possibly this country if we allow that to happen,” Schlickman said, pounding his fist on the table at one point.
Did everyone else in the room start laughing at him? The service cuts are 81 circuitous bus routes that have low ridership. The fare increases would be an extra $1 during rush hour. And this would be the worst thing to happen to transit in this country?
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I wish that some infrastructure fund would just take the RTA private already - then it would be run like a business and improvements and steps towards efficiency might actually occur.
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