Fix the CTA Campaign Statement on the Metropolitan Mobility Act
Official statement from the Fix The CTA Campaign on Jan. 13, 2025 The Metropolitan Mobility Act (MMA) which is currently before the Illinois General Assembly fails to address the most consequential issues plaguing our public transit in Chicago. Merely rolling three existing agencies into one does nothing to improve the poor working conditions at the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), where high turnover and understaffing are delaying service and leaving routes undercrewed. By itself, the MMA also fails to provide needed equitable funding that would boost the attractiveness of transit as an alternative to driving. The proposed administrative board resembles the existing hodgepodge of leadership and would provide no advantage to the existing CTA administrative board. Absent are the voices of workers and riders. The sole, non-elected, and non-voting representative of organized labor appointed by the governor is not what transit leadership needs. ...
