Public Accountability Report Public Accountability Report

2025 Public Transportation
Mission Statement To provide support for eligible local and regional agencies operating public transportation services for customers in Northeast Illinois and urban downstate Illinois communities.
Program Goals and Objectives
  1. To improve transit customer service, safety and convenience.
    1. To provide grant funds and support for local agencies to replace or rehabilitate rolling stock within the program year.
    2. To provide grant funds and support for track and structure improvements within the program year.
    3. To provide grant funds and support for station improvements within the program year.
  2. To improve transit services in rural areas.
    1. To provide support for rural transit agencies needing technical repair assistance within the program year.
Source of Funds General Revenue Fund, Transportation Bond, Series B Fund, Public Transportation Fund, Downstate Public Transportation Fund, Federal Mass Transit Trust Fund, Build Illinois Fund Statutory Authority 30 ILCS 740; 20 ILCS 2705/49.1
Fiscal Year 2026 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2025 Actual Fiscal Year 2025 Target/Projected Fiscal Year 2024 Actual Fiscal Year 2023 Actual
Input Indicators
Total expenditures - all sources (in thousands) $ 0.0 $ 0.0 $ 0.0 $ 0.0 $ 0.0
Total expenditures - state appropriated funds (in thousands) $ 1,791,515.5 $ 1,628,650.5 $ 1,902,442.0 $ 1,573,566.6 $ 1,313,273.2
Average monthly full-time equivalents 26.0 23.0 37.0 33.0 34.0
Output Indicators
Capital assistance funding expended for Northeastern Illinois (in thousands) $ 622,452.0 $ 604,322.0 $ 445,684.0 $ 432,703.0 $ 162,488.0
Capital assistance funding expended for Downstate Illinois (in thousands) $ 38,541.0 $ 33,514.0 $ 30,320.0 $ 15,713.0 $ 14,423.0
Operating assistance funding expended for Northeastern Illinois (in thousands) $ 481,934.0 $ 467,897.0 $ 463,710.0 $ 450,204.0 $ 597,757.0
Operating assistance funding expended for Downstate Illinois (in thousands) $ 242,539.0 $ 235,475.0 $ 242,502.0 $ 235,438.0 $ 235,369.0
Outcome Indicators
Total statewide transit ridership (in millions) $ 410.4 $ 398.5 $ 359.3 $ 348.8 $ 315.8
Transit bus ridership in Northeastern Illinois (in millions) $ 208.9 $ 202.9 $ 183.0 $ 177.6 $ 157.2
Rail ridership in Northeastern Illinois (non-AMTRAK) (in millions) $ 167.4 $ 162.5 $ 150.3 $ 145.9 $ 127.3
Transit bus ridership in Downstate Illinois (in millions) $ 32.3 $ 31.4 $ 25.0 $ 24.3 $ 30.0
Rail ridership in Downstate Illinois (non-AMTRAK) (in millions) $ 1.7 $ 1.7 $ 1.0 $ 1.0 $ 1.3
Rail car service miles (in millions) in Northeastern Illinois (non-AMTRAK) 117.1 113.7 108.2 105.1 70.7
Rail car service miles (in millions) in Downstate Illinois (non-AMTRAK) 1.3 1.2 1.5 1.4 1.1
Transit bus service miles (in millions) in Northeastern Illinois 70.1 68.0 68.7 66.7 94.9
Transit bus service miles (in millions) in Downstate Illinois 45.0 43.7 44.0 42.6 49.0
Efficiency/Cost-Effectiveness Indicators
Overall capital assistance investment per rider in Northeastern Illinois (in dollars) $ 1.65 $ 1.65 $ 1.34 $ 1.34 $ 0.57
Overall operating assistance investment per rider in Northeastern Illinois (in dollars) $ 1.28 $ 1.28 $ 1.39 $ 1.39 $ 2.10
Overall capital assistance investment per rider in Downstate Illinois (in dollars) $ 1.13 $ 1.01 $ 1.16 $ 0.62 $ 0.46
Overall operating assistance investment per rider in Downstate Illinois (in dollars) $ 7.12 $ 7.12 $ 9.32 $ 9.32 $ 7.52

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