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2025 Regional Transit Operating Budget and Capital Program

The RTA reviews, adopts, and monitors the annual operating budgets and five-year capital programs of all three Service Boards (CTA, Metra, and Pace). Read below for draft budgets, public hearing dates, and more related to the budget process for 2025.

2025 Budget Schedule

After CTA, Metra, and Pace will each submit their budgets, the RTA as the oversight agency, works to develop a Regional Transit Operating Budget and Capital Program to be released for public comment and voted on by the RTA board in December.

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Timeline

Development of the 2025 Operating Budget, Two-Year Financial Plan, and Five-Year Capital program takes place over several months.

  • May: RTA Board adopts annual budget call
  • July: Release of preparatory funding amounts
  • September: RTA Board adopts proposed funding amounts
  • October: Service boards submit proposed budgets and capital programs to the RTA
  • October-December: RTA and the Service Boards hold public hearings and give presentations to county board meetings
  • November 15: Statutory deadline for Service Boards to submit adopted budgets
  • November 22: Service Board present their budgets to the RTA Board of Directors
  • December 19: RTA Board of Directors considers regional budget for adoption

2024 Budget documents are here.

Transit Agency Budgets

CTA, Metra, and Pace release their budgets and capital programs in the fall. View budget documents, press releases, dates for public hearings, and how to submit comment below.

CTA

Not yet released.

Metra

Not yet released.

Pace

Not released yet.


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