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Northern Illinois Transit Authority

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Type
Transit authority — regional financial and planning oversight authority created by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act (Public Act 104-457), successor to the Regional Transportation Authority; its board was seated on 1 September 2026
Market · Region
United States · Illinois
Open tenders
0
Technology areas
Digital operations, Predictive maintenance

Coordinates and funds Chicago region's transit system, approves budgets and distributes sales tax.

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Coordinates and funds the Chicago region's transit system — the CTA, Metra's Commuter Rail Division and Pace — approves their budgets, and distributes the regional sales tax, including the 0.25% increase the RTA board approved on 1 June 2026.

Type
Transit authority — regional financial and planning oversight authority created by the Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act (Public Act 104-457), successor to the Regional Transportation Authority; its board was seated on 1 September 2026
Where
Illinois · Chicago
Programmes
IIJA / Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Technology areas
Digital operations, Predictive maintenance

Structure

  • controls CTA — Service board of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority; NITA approves the CTA budget (active · since 2026-09-01)
  • controls Metra — Metra's Commuter Rail Division is a division of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority; the NIRCRC board shares its eleven directors (active · since 2026-09-01)
  • funds CTA — Regional sales tax and state Public Transportation Fund distribution to the CTA (active)
  • funds Metra — Regional sales tax receipts in Metra's 2026 budget, plus final budget approval (active)
Sources for these relationships (5)
  • ● Chicago Transit Authority · Chicago Transit Board Approves 2026 CTA Budget (published 2025-11-12 · checked 2026-09-13)
  • ● Metra · Board Meetings & Webcasts (Commuter Rail Division of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority and NIRCRC boards) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
  • ● Metra · Metra OKs 2026 budget of $1.2 billion (published 2025-11-13 · checked 2026-09-13)
  • ● Northern Illinois Transit Authority · NITA — home ('Starting September 1, NITA is now your regional transit agency') (published 2026-09 · checked 2026-09-13)
  • ● Northern Illinois Transit Authority · How the NITA trailer bill and 2027 state budget will impact Chicagoland transit (published 2026-06-11 · checked 2026-09-13)

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  • Award history (2)
  • Entry path
  • Portals (1)
  • Published contacts (3)

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4 sources · all primary
  • ● Northern Illinois Transit Authority · NITA — home ('Starting September 1, NITA is now your regional transit agency') (published 2026-09 · checked 2026-09-13)
  • ● Northern Illinois Transit Authority · How the NITA trailer bill and 2027 state budget will impact Chicagoland transit (published 2026-06-11 · checked 2026-09-13)
  • ● Northern Illinois Transit Authority · Doing Business — Procurement and Contracting Division, supplier portal, procurement mailbox (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)
  • ● Metra · Board Meetings & Webcasts (Commuter Rail Division of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority and NIRCRC boards) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-13)

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