Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Budget Watchdog: CTA Fare Hike 'Necessary and Appropriate'

CPR:
A budget watchdog group has come out in support of the Chicago Transit Authority's proposed fare hike. The Civic Federation says the 25-50-cent increases are necessary to offset fuel costs, and to pay for free rides mandated by the state.

Laurence Msall is the group's president.

MSALL: Instead of cutting service, which would be a very bad decision, the CTA is going to maintain its level of service, and go with relatively modest, but clearly reasonable, fare increases.

Msall applauds the CTA for belt-tightening, including hundreds of layoffs. But he is concerned about one aspect of the budget: the CTA says it needs billions in capital construction funding from the state, money that is far from guaranteed.

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