Potential cuts to Chicago Transit Authority bus and rail service could be pushed to the last half of 2026, according to revised budgets shared Friday by transit agency bosses.

Transit administrators also renewed their plea for additional state funding from legislators who meet for the fall veto session later this month.

CTA, Metra and Pace have shrunken an expected $770-million budget shortfall next year to $202 million, agency heads said a special meeting called by the Regional Transit Authority.

The agencies accomplished that through a mix of administrative cuts, added revenue from a new online sales tax and an across-the-board fare increase of 10% to be implemented Feb. 1 next year.

It means that CTA bus and rail cuts that were expected as early as the first quarter of 2026 could be

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