2020 Budget Recommendations CTA FY20 Budget Chicago Transit Board and CTA President
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CREATING OPPORTUNITIES: Investing in Transit President’s 2020 Budget Recommendations CTA FY20 Budget Chicago Transit Board and CTA President Chicago Transit Board Terry Peterson, Chairman Appointed by: Mayor, City of Chicago Arabel Alva Rosales, Vice Chairman Appointed by: Governor, State of Illinois Judge Gloria Chevere Appointed by: Governor, State of Illinois Kevin Irvine Appointed by: Mayor, City of Chicago Rev. Dr. L. Bernard Jakes Appointed by: Governor, State of Illinois Rev. Johnny L. Miller Appointed by: Mayor, City of Chicago Alejandro Silva Appointed by: Mayor, City of Chicago Chicago Transit Authority Dorval R. Carter Jr., President CTA FY20 Budget Table of Contents Letter from the President ................................................................................................. 1 CTA Organizational Chart ................................................................................................. 5 Executive Summary ........................................................................................................... 7 Strategic Goals .................................................................................................................... 23 2014‐2022 Operating Budget Schedule ......................................................................... 25 2019 Operating Budget Performance ............................................................................ 29 President’s 2020 Proposed Operating Budget ............................................................. 37 President’s 2021‐2022 Proposed Operating Financial Plan ...................................... 49 2020 Operating Funding Summary ................................................................................ 53 2020‐2024 Capital Improvement Program Introduction .................................................................................................................. 61 Funding Sources ........................................................................................................... 62 Uses of Funds ................................................................................................................ 68 Capital Program Asset Category Comparison ............................................................ 84 Competitive Grant Opportunities ................................................................................ 86 Capital Funding Need – State of Good Repair (SOGR) ............................................... 92 Operating Budget Impact ............................................................................................. 98 Performance Management and Statistics Performance Management ........................................................................................... 99 Comparative Performance Analysis............................................................................. 119 Operating Statistics ...................................................................................................... 127 Appendices History of the Agency ................................................................................................... 131 System Map .................................................................................................................. 135 Transit Facts ................................................................................................................. 137 CTA Fare Structure ....................................................................................................... 139 Comparative Fare Structure ........................................................................................ 141 Debt Administration ..................................................................................................... 143 Economic Indicators ..................................................................................................... 165 Annual Budget Process ................................................................................................ 171 Accounting Systems and Financial Controls ............................................................... 175 Financial Policy ............................................................................................................. 181 Sustainability Initiatives .............................................................................................. 185 Acronyms and Glossary ................................................................................................ 191 (THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK) CTA FY20 Budget Letter from the President Dear CTA Customers, Each weekday, nearly 1.5 million people step aboard a Chicago Transit Authority bus or train, headed to work, to school, to shop, to worship, to visit family, friends and loved ones. We have been helping people reach their destinations every day since 1947. It’s a commitment we have always taken very seriously—a trust we work to earn every single day. But CTA’s importance to Chicago and its closest suburbs goes far beyond from getting from Point A to Point B. We help fuel the economic engine of Chicago and the region, by providing access to jobs and opportunities, making improvements to boost communities and spurring private investment. Corporations that relocate to Chicago often cite the city’s public transportation network as a driving factor, and neighborhoods across the city rely on transit. CTA also provides thousands of good-paying jobs to hardworking men and women from the region. And over the last several years, CTA has undertaken an unprecedented modernization effort that’s provided opportunities for small and disadvantaged businesses to compete for contracts to provide goods and services. Simply put, the CTA is intricately woven into the fabric of the city. And just as importantly, transit must be available for everyone. That’s why keeping transit affordable, reliable and equitable is so important. And it’s why I am pleased to announce that the 2020 proposed budget contains no changes to fares, while maintaining service levels. Also for 2020, I am pleased to propose a balanced operating budget of $1.57 billion. I am also proposing a five-year, $5.1 billion Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) for 2020-2024. Holding the line on fares and service is no small undertaking, nor an easy one—especially given the unprecedented challenges that public transit is facing. New marketplace competition—primarily in the form of ride-hailing services—has given the public more transportation options than ever before. And historically low gas prices have disincentivized the use of transit. In the face of these market forces, we are constantly working toward how best to implement new technologies, form new partnerships and strengthen our existing systems to better serve our customers. One of the most important aspects to remaining competitive is to modernize our infrastructure—the vehicles, stations, tracks and structures that keep us moving. With programs like Safe and Secure and FastTracks, CTA has made an unprecedented investment over the last several years: rebuilding stations, fixing tracks and upgrading signals, among other improvements. 1 CTA FY20 Budget Letter from the President Thanks to the new State of Illinois capital bill approved earlier this year, the CTA will be able to continue this important modernization. The capital bill—the state’s first in a decade—will provide the CTA with $1.2 billion of State bond funding over the next five years. The bond funding includes $140.5 million in earmarks for three CTA projects, including $60 million to overhaul the Cottage Grove Green Line Station, $50 million for traction power improvements for the Blue Line O’Hare Branch and $31.5 million for Blue Line O’Hare branch station upgrades at various stations between the Dearborn subway in downtown Chicago and the O’Hare station. Capital bill funding will also provide an unprecedented level of investment in CTA projects, like the Red Line Extension, and will allow CTA to tackle the first projects of the All Stations Accessibility Program (ASAP), CTA’s first-ever comprehensive plan, which I announced in 2018, to make all our rail stations 100 percent vertically accessible by 2030. The capital bill also includes a new, recurring $700 million funding stream to CTA over the next five years that is the first of its kind in Illinois history. This funding apparatus is made possible through new taxes dedicated to transit and are based on the increase in the state gas tax—from 19 cents per gallon to 38 cents per gallon—and vehicle registration fees, which are indexed to inflation and continue into perpetuity. Though the state capital bill will help CTA begin to address the modernization of our infrastructure, the CTA still faces significant challenges related to funding for our day-to- day operations. Since 2015, CTA’s operating budgets have been cut by more than $145 million due to State of Illinois funding reductions. That’s the approximate equivalent of operating the Red or Blue Line service for an entire year. Those cuts continue in 2020 and are projected to cost the CTA and additional $30 million. This continued tightening of our funding makes it even more challenging for the CTA to provide the level of service we envision for our customers. However, despite these financial realities, we are committed to continuing to find ways to better serve our customers. We were proud to break ground in early October on the largest construction project in CTA history, the Phase One of the Red Purple Modernization