http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0503090387mar09,1,474579.story?coll=chi-news-hed"Five painful scenarios outlining deep CTA service cuts and fare increases will be presented Wednesday to the transit agency's board as it develops a contingency plan to take effect July 1 if the General Assembly does not boost transit funding, officials said Tuesday.
CTA officials have used the prospect of an impending transit crisis--unsuccessfully so far--to sharpen funding pressure on the legislature, which is grappling with a $1.1 billion state deficit in the next fiscal year.
CTA president Frank Kruesi, who advised his board in December to postpone service cuts set for January in the hope lawmakers would approve funding this spring, insists he is not bluffing.
Kruesi and CTA chairman Carole Brown said the transit agency would have no other choice this time except to cut service, raise fares or do both."
As a heavy CTA user and a U-Pass holder: :scared:
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