Public transit disability programs are set to receive some of the new money brought in by the state’s historic transit funding bill passed last week in Springfield, officials said Thursday in a special meeting of the Regional Transportation Authority.

The bill awaiting Gov. JB Pritzker’s signature is set to pump an additional $1.5 billion a year to the state’s money-starved transit systems. But the additional revenue won’t kick in until the last half of 2026, when new taxes are expected to raise nearly $320 million for transit by year’s end, officials said.

That’s not enough money in 2026 for the promised “transformational” change to the public transit. Officials say to expect that in 2027, when a full $1.2 billion in extra funding is expected for the CTA, Metra and Pace. But there is en

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