Last week CTA President Frank Kruesi proposed a 2007 CTA budget based on the Regional Transportation Authority's funding marks. The CTA board met today to begin our discussions about that proposal. This is the beginning of a dialogue with this board, the public, the Cook County Board, and many other stakeholders. I encourage anyone who is interested in CTA to read the budget and to ask questions. The board will hear public comment in at a hearing at CTA headquarters on November 8th at 6:00 pm. I also encourage people to submit comments in writing to our board office, via our email address, CTAboard@transitchicago.com, or here on the blog. There are always changes to the budget based on this dialogue, and I assure everyone that we take it very seriously.
I should note that this year our budget is very much in line with the RTA and its campaign, “Moving Beyond Congestion.” Today at the City Club RTA Chairman Jim Reilly spoke powerfully about the importance of transit to our region's economy and to our historic role as a national transportation hub. I can assure you that Metra, Pace, CTA, and RTA are on the same page (PDF) with regard to the importance of 2007 as a crossroads for transit funding.
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