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Proposed recommendations for the future of public transit are already being met with pushback

A sweeping set of recommendations about what Chicago-area transit could look like in the future is making its way to lawmakers, with regional planners eying new sources of funding for the CTA, Metra and Pace and raising the prospect of consolidating them into one agency. But already, influential business groups have raised concerns about some of the proposed recommendations, pushing back on a .

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Should Kansas City keep this sales tax for bus service? Voters will decide in November

The tax money would go specifically to the bus and not other transit projects, thanks to a tweak of the ballot language.

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Advocates meet to discuss restoring passenger rail service in eastern Oregon and Idaho

WESTERN TREASURE VALLEY — Passenger rail advocacy groups All Aboard Northwest and The Association of Oregon Rail and Transit Advocates are bringing their 2023 Train Trek to Weiser and Ontario,

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Public hearing for passenger rail service study moves to Tuesday

Editor s note: This article has been updated to reflect a postponement in the meeting due to weather.

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