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Creates the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Transit Innovation, Integration, and Reform Act. Provides that the Interagency Coordinating Committee shall, among other things, develop strategies and recommendations to improve the connectivity of existing and future intercity rail and intercity bus services to transit hubs and systems located outside of the Northeastern Illinois region. Creates the People Over Parking Act. Provides that, except as expressly provided in the Act, a unit of local government may not impose or enforce any minimum automobile parking requirements on a development project if the project is located within one-half mile of a public transportation hub or one-eighth mile of a public transportation corridor. Amends the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Changes the short title of the Regional Transportation Authority Act to the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act. Creates the Northern Illinois Transit Authority to replace the Regional Transportation Authority. Makes changes in provisions concerning: legislative findings; meanings of defined terms; allocation of responsibility for public transportation; strategic planning; capital programming; service planning; performance audits; operational requirements; fares; pedestrian access to transit; extraterritorial powers of the Authority; research and development; protection of the environment; zero-emission buses; enforcement of traffic laws; establishment of the NITA Law Enforcement Task Force; crime prevention programming; the establishment of the Office of Transit Safety and Experience; the establishment of Coordinated Safety Response Councils; safety standards and investments in safety; bus shields; prioritization of capital projects; transit-supportive development; transit ambassadors; visitor paratransit services; and other matters. Amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act. Changes the short title of the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act to the Chicago Transit Authority Act. Makes changes concerning: the powers and duties of the Chicago Transit Authority and its interactions with the Northern Illinois Transit Authority; governance of the Chicago Transit Authority; the operating budget of the Chicago Transit Authority; and other matters. Repeals various provisions. Makes conforming and other changes in various other Acts. Effective June 1, 2026.

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Kam Buckner (D)*,  Eva-Dina Delgado (D)*,  Ram Villivalam (D)*,  Jaime Andrade (D),  Dee Avelar (D),  Mary Beth Canty (D),  Javier Cervantes (D),  Lakesia Collins (D),  Michael Crawford (D),  Martha Deuter (D),  Sara Feigenholtz (D),  Nicolle Grasse (D),  Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar (D),  Graciela Guzmán (D),  Will Guzzardi (D),  Matt Hanson (D),  Barbara Hernandez (D),  Lisa Hernandez (D),  Mattie Hunter (D),  Hoan Huynh (D),  Adriane Johnson (D),  Michael Kelly (D),  Stephanie Kifowit (D),  Camille Lilly (D),  Theresa Mah (D),  Anna Moeller (D),  Marty Moylan (D),  Michelle Mussman (D),  Aarón Ortíz (D),  Robert Peters (D),  Mike Porfirio (D),  Willie Preston (D),  Mike Simmons (D),  Anne Stava-Murray (D),  Brad Stephens (R),  Karina Villa (D),  Celina Villanueva (D),  Ann Williams (D), 

Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0457 (on 12/16/2025)

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