SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- Commuters are reacting as Springfield tries to figure out how to fund public transportation.

Getting to work, school and heading home, people say the thought of possible service cuts is quite frightening.

"We need this, we need this," public transit rider Stacey Donnell said. "Chicago relies on public transportation."

Donnell heads to work Wednesday morning at the Jefferson Park CTA station.

Like so many other fellow commuters, Donnell says public transportation plays a critical role in her life, from getting to work, to seeing family.

"I'm right now without a vehicle, so I also go and also see my son out in Elgin and I so I take it a lot, all the time," Donnell said. "For $2.50 a ride, I fill up my bus pass. I'm good for the month."

But the future of publ

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