Passenger rail advocates watch Pritzker ink transit reform

Celebrate $425M in funding for Moline to Chicago route

By: Kenda Burrows|December 16, 2025

|7 min read

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker was joined at the Tuesday, Dec. 16, mass transit bill signing by advocates including, from left, Illinois state Senator Ram Villivalam, Senate President Tom Harmon, Moline Mayor Sangeetha Rayapati and Rock Island County Board Chairman Richard “Quijas” Brunk. CREDIT CITY OF MOLINE

Quad Cities passenger rail advocates joined Gov. JB Pritzker for the signing today, Dec. 16, of the hard-fought $1.5 billion a year Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act (NITA) in the Burlington Room of Chicago’s Union Station.

Not only does that act include critical…

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Passenger rail advocates watch Pritzker ink transit reform

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