Illinois Senate committee to hold public hearings on proposed mass transit merger

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Illinois lawmakers want input from the public on a proposal to create the Metropolitan Mobility Authority to replace the Regional Transportation Authority, and combine the CTA, Metra, and Pace into one agency.

CHICAGO -- An Illinois Senate committee on Tuesday will host the first in a series of public hearings on a plan to combine CTA, Metra, and Pace into a single public transit agency.The Illinois Senate Transportation Committee will hold a hearing at 10 a.m.

at the Bilandic Buliding in downtown Chicago on the Metropolitan Mobility Authority Act, proposed legislation which would create the Metropolitan Mobility Authority to replace the Regional Transportation Authority, and combine the CTA, Metra, and Pace into one agency.Riders on all three systems would be able to pay a single universal fare for one pass, regardless of how they travel.

 

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