tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840511756286055487.post6202673019173004933..comments2024-03-27T20:04:53.585-06:00Comments on Illinois Transportation Issues: New York City's Moving Beyond Congestion PlanTom Bamontehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08257129333713108323noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840511756286055487.post-61188901151057021862007-04-25T08:53:00.000-06:002007-04-25T08:53:00.000-06:00Chicago can learn a lot from New York in this case...Chicago can learn a lot from New York in this case. We should all be looking outside the region and state for the best new thinking to address our transportation problems. This is one area where NY has a leg up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840511756286055487.post-59675069220791380172007-04-25T06:53:00.000-06:002007-04-25T06:53:00.000-06:00Good for New York. Here in Chicago, the RTA alway...Good for New York. Here in Chicago, the RTA always seems to look to Springfield and the state legislature when it wants more money, as if transit in the Chicago area is a state issue. The RTA is a municipal corporation created by referendum and should be operated by referendum. Meaning it should be required to put its funding and system expansion proposals to referendum so that voters in the RTA area can decide the size and scope of system they desire - and are willing to pay for directly. Transit bosses will not like this idea since they prefer to wheel and deal with legislators and lobbyists. Indeed, some of the bosses are former legislators, lobbyists or legislative staffers themselves. However, the RTA was created to guard the public fisc. It stands to reason that the RTA should ask the public what it wants to do with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com