Our advocacy is built on data that decision-makers can't ignore.
Every position we take is grounded in verifiable data and designed to survive the question: how do you pay for it? Our documents are public. We want people to read them.
Connect Illinois Network — Founding Brief
The founding document for Connect Illinois Network. Covers organizational mission, the three strategic pillars, Connect Kane's five documented transit gaps, NITA provisions being monitored, and the regional vision.
Invest in Kane — Blueprint Draft
A proposal for Kane County to create a dedicated annual transit grant fund modeled on Cook County's Invest in Cook program. Includes program design, funding argument, eligibility criteria, and the specific ask for Kane County Board Chair Corinne Pierog.
Autonomous Vehicles and Transit Equity: A Framework for First-Mile Access
Connect Illinois Network's position on autonomous vehicle deployment in Illinois — advocating for a three-layer framework that deploys human-operated service now, plans for AV as long-term first-mile infrastructure, and preserves human drivers where care demands it.
NITA Transition Public Comment
Connect Illinois Network's formal public comment to the NITA board as the regional transit system transitions from the RTA. Covers performance-based funding formula reform, Dial-a-Ride expansion, and board appointment priorities for Kane County.
The questions our data produces.
These are not rhetorical. Each one is backed by verifiable data and exposes a specific structural failure.
Why does a county where residents just had their sales tax raised to fund transit still have zero fixed-route service in half its communities?
Why did a proven first-mile pilot work for corporate office workers in 2017 but never reach the 170,000 essential workers who need it most?
Why should 146,000 people in the fastest-growing county in the Chicago metro area be excluded from the transit funding system that every county around them benefits from?
Why do eleven Pace On Demand zones operate as islands when NITA was created specifically to eliminate fragmentation?
Why does a performance-based funding formula measure only existing service when the communities with the greatest need have no service to measure?