Transportation-to-Work

The Center for Tax and Budget Accountability makes the following recommendations to enhance transportation to area jobs as well as improve the use of JARC funds statewide:

1. Prioritize projects that support system enhancements needed as a result of local economic development including and providing service during 2nd and 3rd shift and on weekends.

2. Develop a piloted and phased-in program to establish flexibility in transit systems through the development of brokerages or coordinated systems.

3. Whether projects are direct or reverse commute, target all JARC funds to service enhancements and projects for low-income individuals in the region.                                                                                                 

4. Since the new JARC law requires a competitive process to select projects, ensure that an interagency panel determines selections, and that at the very minimum representatives from the workforce development system are present.                                                                                                     

5. Establish a plan to ensure sustainability of JARC funded projects.               

6. Ensure that funds are made available to match JARC.
    

Civic organizations release statement urging legislators to make the right choice and vote for SB572.

Read CTBA's Testimony to the House Mass Transit Committee on 10/9/2007

The Illinois Interagency Coordinating Committee on Transportation (ICCT) was developed to address transportation for disadvantaged populations, including low-wage workers, seniors, individuals with disabilities and those without transit. The ICCT will submit its recommendations on its work to the General Assembly in February 2006. Work, Welfare and Families will submit this agenda to the ICCT for consideration.

An introduction to public transit in Illinois: what it is, how it’s funded, who the major stakeholders are and how to get involved. Includes a glossary of transit terminology.

An overview of the Job Access and Reverse Commute program in Illinois and other funding sources for transportation-to-work initiatives. Also includes five Illinois JARC projects.