Tell Springfield to fix and fund public transit NOW.

We have been fighting alongside many of you for months to win key reforms to make our transit systems work better as well as make it clear to our legislators that they had the duty to fully fund transit and prevent it from falling off a fiscal cliff.

But this spring session, the Illinois General Assembly let dysfunction rule and ran out the clock without doing their job.

So what does this mean? CTA, Pace, and Metra will now begin planning 40% service cuts for their systems – because they legally cannot plan service based on funding they aren’t certain to have. In the coming weeks, you will start seeing public meetings about cuts, and maps outlining what lines and bus routes will be eliminated. And transit workers will start learning about layoffs.

This fight is not over, and we need you to take the pledge to fight to save transit with us.

Later this year, Federal COVID relief funds for transit agencies are set to expire, leaving CTA, Pace and Metra facing a $770 million fiscal cliff. This would mean 40% service cuts across the board.

CTA could be forced to eliminate 74 entire bus routes, Metra would have to cut all early morning and late evening service and only come hourly during rush hour, and Pace would be forced to eliminate all weekend service and move to 30 and 60 minute waits.

We’re fighting for legislation that would unify our transit agencies and hold them accountable. And we’re fighting for $1.5 billion in annual funding – so we can not only save public transit, but ensure it thrives for generations to come.

And we need YOU to get in the fight with us.

Your legislator needs to hear that YOU want them to fix and fund public transit in a special summer session NOW.

Sending an email only takes 60 seconds. Making 3 calls takes 5 minutes, and is even more impactful.

Make 3 calls.

It takes only 5 minutes to make 3 calls – one to your State Representative, your State Senator, and the Governor.

We have call scripts for you below if you’re unsure what to say, then use the form below to look up the phone numbers for you State Representative, State Senator, and the Governor.

  • Hi [ELECTED OFFICIAL],

    My name is _______, and I am calling as your constituent to urge you to take immediate action by calling for a special summer session to fully fund public transit. By missing the May 31st deadline, you and your colleagues have forced our transit agencies to begin planning 40% service cuts instead of planning desperately needed service improvements.

    These cuts would be devastating to my everyday life, and it is your duty to find a solution and get it done NOW.

    The longer the Illinois General Assembly waits, the closer we are to cuts being finalized and pink slips being handed to union workers. This is unacceptable, and you must not wait any longer. The time to act was before May 31st, and it is incumbent upon you to bring your colleagues together and deliver.

  • Hi Governor Pritzker,

    My name is _______, and I am calling as your constituent to urge you to take immediate action by calling for a special summer session to fully fund public transit. By missing the May 31st deadline, you and your colleagues have forced our transit agencies to begin planning 40% service cuts instead of planning desperately needed service improvements.

    These cuts would be devastating to my everyday life, compounding on top off all the challenges being placed on me by federal leadership. It is your duty to find a solution and get it done NOW.

    The longer you wait, the closer we are to cuts being finalized and pink slips being handed to union workers. This is unacceptable, and you must not wait any longer. The time to act was before May 31st, and it is incumbent upon you to bring the Illinois General Assembly together and deliver.

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