Capital programming is a core function of the RTA. RTA and the Service Boards have worked to articulate as well as advance a capital strategy for transit projects in the Chicagoland region.
Priority Projects have been identified by the Service Boards. These priority projects are updated on an annual basis. This page shows details about the funding for each priority project.
The 2025-2029 5-Year Regional Capital Program includes over 250 projects that are advancing many of these Priority Projects. The capital projects are shown in the table below, organized by Priority Project and can also be seen in a mapped form on the RTA Capital Projects Dashboard. Each project listing shows the amount of funding programmed in the 2025-2029 Regional Capital Program. Beginning with the 2025-2029 Capital Program, projects are evaluated based on 15 measures which were identified in the new Regional Transit Strategic Plan, Transit is the Answer. All projects in the 2025-2029 program show the detailed evaluations in this site.
The metrics include evaluations of Equity and Accessibility which are used in the performance-based allocation process. The region has committed to dedicating 20% of programmed funds to projects that fulfill the regional goals of improving equity and accessibility for 2025 and beyond as a part of the new performance-based capital allocation process
The Service Boards have met and exceeded the 20% goal for the 2025-2029 budget years.
Project Management Oversite (PMO) data is provided for projects that are being actively monitored by the PMO group. Data included current activities, start and end date and budget and schedule status. The following page has a full list of active PMO projects.
Professional services to manage implementation of the CTA's Capital Construction Program. Funds provide for a construction program management consultant.
*Previous funding shows all funding since 2020, but not with detail by funding source. Note that the project may have funding from capital programs previous to 2020 that is not shown in table.
Source
Previous Funding*
2025 Funding
2026-2029 Funding
Total
Federal
$0
$500,000
$2,000,000
$2,500,000
State
$0
$0
$0
$0
RTA
$0
$0
$0
$0
Service Board / Local
$0
$125,000
$500,000
$625,000
Total
$2,500,000
$625,000
$2,500,000
$5,625,000
Last Updated 12.19.2024
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Metra
A-2 Interlocking Replacement
Rail
$500,000
$500,000
$868,218,750
$867,718,750
Separate tracks at busiest switching location on Metra system.
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Project Title
Asset Category
Mode
2025 Funding
2025-2029 Funding
PMO
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A2 Interlocking
Track & Structure
Rail
$500,000
$500,000
Project Details
Description
Metra’s A2 Interlocking switches traffic along 7 mainline tracks and is the most complicated intersection on the Metra system. A2 is among the busiest railroad interlockings in North America with approximately 350 train movements each weekday including Metra, Amtrak, and private freight railroads. A2 Interlocking is 2.5 east of Chicago Union Station with the Western Avenue Yard and M19A Yards due west of A2. Numerous assets are beyond their useful life benchmarks and in need of replacement including but not limited to more than 30 switches, related signal system components, the 1905-era bridges that support A2 over Western Avenue, and the adjacent century-old Tower A2 from which A2 is manually operated. Project funds will be utilized to conduct a planning study beginning in 2025 with subsequent funding for later project phases.
*Previous funding shows all funding since 2020, but not with detail by funding source. Note that the project may have funding from capital programs previous to 2020 that is not shown in table.
Source
Previous Funding*
2025 Funding
2026-2029 Funding
Total
Federal
$0
$500,000
$0
$500,000
State
$0
$0
$0
$0
RTA
$0
$0
$0
$0
Service Board / Local
$0
$0
$0
$0
Total
$0
$500,000
$0
$500,000
Last Updated 12.19.2024
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Metra
75th Street Corridor
Rail
$0
$0
$1,728,912,938
$1,728,912,938
Reconfigure track shared by Metra, Amtrak, and freight trains.
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Pace
ADA Regional Paratransit Program
Bus
$0
$0
$394,034,000
$394,034,000
Replacement of vehicles and radio systems for existing program. New vehicles, transfer locations and maintenance facilities for direct Pace ownership of assets for ADA service within City of Chicago.
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Project Title
Asset Category
Mode
2025 Funding
2025-2029 Funding
PMO
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ADA Technology Upgrades and Transfer Centers
Systemwide
Bus
$0
$0
✔︎
Project Details
Description
Regional ADA Paratransit Communication Technology and Transfer Locations - Projects include upgrades to the Trapeze software, TripCheck online booking and tracking, TripCheck Interactive Voice Response phone system, text/email notifications, and Ventra integration. In areas with frequent transfers, funding will be used to purchase land, build facilities, and provide amenities for riders. Pace has identified a location that is adjacent to the Northwest Transportation Center in Schaumburg that is planned to be the first of these transfer locations.
*Previous funding shows all funding since 2020, but not with detail by funding source. Note that the project may have funding from capital programs previous to 2020 that is not shown in table.
Source
Previous Funding*
2025 Funding
2026-2029 Funding
Total
Federal
$0
$0
$0
$0
State
$0
$0
$0
$0
RTA
$0
$0
$0
$0
Service Board / Local
$0
$0
$0
$0
Total
$325,779,736
$0
$0
$325,779,736
PMO:
Total Project Budget^
Budget Status
Schedule Status
Start Date
End Date
$20,000,000
On Budget
Behind Schedule
^Total Project Budget is the project budget being tracked by the RTA PMO Group
Current Status
Construction at the Northwest Transportation Center ADA Transfer Facility is ongoing and nearing completion. The contractor completed the transfer facility roof, resinous flooring, and installed restroom fixtures and toilets. The contractor started the installation of the monument signs.. The design for the Calumet City ADA transfer facility has reached the 90% milestone.
Pace implemented various technology enhancement projects. This portion of funding is mostly spent down. Final invoicing activities continue.
Last Updated 09.12.2025
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Pace
Administration - Pace
Bus
$0
$0
$0
$0
Provide for program administration
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Project Title
Asset Category
Mode
2025 Funding
2025-2029 Funding
PMO
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2021/2022 - Professional Project Management and Oversight Consulting Services
Contingencies and Administration
Bus
$0
$0
✔︎
Project Details
Description
Project Management for Priority Capital Projects - Consulting services to assist Pace in the successful delivery of priority capital projects funded by Rebuild Illinois.
*Previous funding shows all funding since 2020, but not with detail by funding source. Note that the project may have funding from capital programs previous to 2020 that is not shown in table.
Source
Previous Funding*
2025 Funding
2026-2029 Funding
Total
Federal
$0
$0
$0
$0
State
$0
$0
$0
$0
RTA
$0
$0
$0
$0
Service Board / Local
$0
$0
$0
$0
Total
$1,000,000
$0
$0
$1,000,000
PMO:
Total Project Budget^
Budget Status
Schedule Status
Start Date
End Date
$1,000,000
On Budget
On Schedule
^Total Project Budget is the project budget being tracked by the RTA PMO Group
Current Status
The contractor, STV, completed all the work under contract for PMO services Task Order #5, which included e-Builder administration, augmentation of Pace staff, and other consulting services. Final invoices remain and this will be the final update on this project.
Last Updated 06.22.2023
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Pace
Associated Capital Maintenance Items
Bus
$0
$0
$89,600,000
$89,600,000
Capital costs associated with the maintenance of buses.
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Project Title
Asset Category
Mode
2025 Funding
2025-2029 Funding
PMO
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Engine/Transmission Retrofits & Maintenance Capital
Rolling Stock
Bus
$0
$0
Project Details
Description
Engine/Transmission Retrofits & Associated Capital - Replacement of engines and transmissions at a unit cost of $160,000 per bus and $8,000 per paratransit vehicle, and associated capital (radiator, pumps, alternator, filters, belts, compressors, coils, shafts, modules, clamps, heaters, turbochargers, etc.).
*Previous funding shows all funding since 2020, but not with detail by funding source. Note that the project may have funding from capital programs previous to 2020 that is not shown in table.
Source
Previous Funding*
2025 Funding
2026-2029 Funding
Total
Federal
$0
$0
$0
$0
State
$0
$0
$0
$0
RTA
$0
$0
$0
$0
Service Board / Local
$0
$0
$0
$0
Total
$8,336,578
$0
$0
$8,336,578
Last Updated 12.16.2022
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CTA
Blue Line Forest Park Modernization - Phase 2
Rail
$0
$0
$542,077,000
$542,077,000
Track improvements to address the most immediate critical track needs on the Forest Park Branch to enable its continued operation.
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Project Title
Asset Category
Mode
2025 Funding
2025-2029 Funding
PMO
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Forest Park Branch Corridor Development Office
Track & Structure
Rail
$0
$0
Project Details
Description
In order to successfully and efficiently leverage the reconstruction of the Blue Line Forest Park Branch and the I-290 interstate, which lie in the same transportation corridor footprint, the jurisdictional authorities for the facilities and right of way propose to create a partnership to address the safety, mobility and condition of the corridor. CMAP, CTA and IDOT will work to create and implement a unified program vision. The Project requires a unified interagency approach and must adopt solutions in the corridor that leverage the expertise and innovations from a broad group of state and local stakeholders. A joint partnership facilitated by CMAP and developed alongside the Program Partners would allow the project stakeholders to advance and accelerate the I-290/Blue Line Corridor Program by implementing a program framework that fosters interagency collaboration, leverages stakeholder expertise and utilizes a Program Management Office to provide critical technical support for project sequencing, financing, coordination and public engagement.
*Previous funding shows all funding since 2020, but not with detail by funding source. Note that the project may have funding from capital programs previous to 2020 that is not shown in table.
Source
Previous Funding*
2025 Funding
2026-2029 Funding
Total
Federal
$0
$0
$0
$0
State
$0
$0
$0
$0
RTA
$0
$0
$0
$0
Service Board / Local
$0
$0
$0
$0
Total
$2,750,000
$0
$0
$2,750,000
Last Updated 09.25.2024
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Forest Park: Phase 2 - Kedzie to Pulaski Track Improvements
Track & Structure
Rail
$0
$0
Project Details
Description
funding to complete track improvements on the Blue Line between Kedzie Avenue and the Pulaski Station located within the North Lawndale, East Garfield and West Garfield Communities within the City of Chicago. This plan will advance CTA’s commitment to improving the aging track on the Blue Line that is beyond its useful life.The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Forest Park Branch Kedzie Avenue to Pulaski Road Track Improvements project is part of a larger program to reconstruct the Forest Park Branch of CTA’s rail rapid transit system to restore service reliability and speed, provide greater environmental resilience, and enhance the overall transit experience for historically disadvantaged communities on the west side of Chicago
*Previous funding shows all funding since 2020, but not with detail by funding source. Note that the project may have funding from capital programs previous to 2020 that is not shown in table.
Source
Previous Funding*
2025 Funding
2026-2029 Funding
Total
Federal
$0
$0
$0
$0
State
$0
$0
$0
$0
RTA
$0
$0
$0
$0
Service Board / Local
$0
$0
$0
$0
Total
$111,000,000
$0
$0
$111,000,000
Last Updated 09.25.2024
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CTA
Blue Line Forest Park Modernization - Phase 3
Rail
$0
$0
$598,030,000
$598,030,000
Track improvement and special work placement, interlocking relocation and station renovations.
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CTA
Blue Line Forest Park Modernization - Phase 4
Rail
$0
$0
$597,030,000
$597,030,000
Des Plaines Yard and Forest Park terminal reconstruction.
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CTA
Bond Repayment, Interest Cost & Finance Cost
System
$0
$0
$1,781,532,935
$1,781,532,935
Support CTA Debt including principal and interest payments.
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Project Title
Asset Category
Mode
2025 Funding
2025-2029 Funding
PMO
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CTA Bond Repayment - Principal/Interest
Contingencies and Administration
System
$0
$0
Project Details
Description
Bond Repayment, Interest Cost, & Finance Cost: Provide for debt service and the cost of issuance of bonds, notes and other indebtedness incurred by the CTA.
*Previous funding shows all funding since 2020, but not with detail by funding source. Note that the project may have funding from capital programs previous to 2020 that is not shown in table.
