by Miguel Molina-Ventura | Sep 18, 2026 | Chicago, Chicago Transit Authority, Illinois, Op-Ed, Organizing, public transit, public transportation
After years of organizing by a coalition of transit, environmental, and community organizing groups, the Chicago region’s transit system began an important new chapter on September 1 as the Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA). The new system was created by the NITA Act, which was signed by Gov. JB Pritzker in December 2025. The new legislation raises $1.5 billion in new revenue and creates…
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by Alexis Goldstein | Dec 1, 2025 | baltimore, fares, Maryland, New York City, News, public transit, transit equity, Zohran Mamdani
During the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated economic downturn, many people couldn’t pay their transportation costs, and often didn’t. In New York City in 2021, some 21 percent of bus riders did not pay the fare, a figure that grew to 48 percent in 2024. Some local governments, including New York City, responded with reduced or free fare programs. From 2023 to 2024, New York’s Metropolitan…
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