Every day, tens of thousands of suburban residents drive cars to Chicago for our city’s cultural attractions, civic institutions, jobs and more. Those cars degrade the streets, air, safety and mobility of the people who live in Chicago.
So while we applaud the desire to have visitors help support the infrastructure they enjoy, the recent proposal from mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson to tax suburban Metra users will only drive more people into cars, further degrading residents’ quality of life. Instead of erecting barriers to public transportation, we must encourage Chicagoans and visitors to park their cars and use mass transit.
