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RTA official outlines new state transit funding bill and what it could mean for DuPage
Summary
An RTA deputy executive director told the DuPage County Board that a recently passed state transit bill could add roughly $1.2 billion annually to public-transit funding statewide, shift motor-fuel sales tax revenue, and create governance changes effective June 1, 2026; local impacts may include capital projects and service expansions.
Maulik Vaishnav, deputy executive director of planning and capital programming at the Regional Transportation Authority, briefed the DuPage County Board on a recently passed state transit bill and what it could mean locally.
Vaishnav said the legislature approved a measure (reported as state bill 2111 in the presentation) that would move a portion of the motor-fuel sales tax and grant the regional authority new powers, generating roughly $1.2…
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