The Northern Illinois Transportation Authority (NITA) coordinates the Chicago region’s transit system, oversees its financing with transparency and accountability, and plans for a future with adequate, accessible, and equitable public transportation for the six counties of Northeastern Illinois.
NITA will be responsible for the next regional transit strategic plan in 2028.
In 2023, NITA's predecessor, the RTA, published Transit is the Answer. Transit is the Answer was the guiding document that led the agency through the post-pandemic period. The plan centered on three principles – Equity, Stewardship, and Commitment to Change – to achieve the vision of safe, reliable, accessible public transportation that connects people to opportunity, advances equity, and combats climate change.
View all transit data for northeastern Illinois on NITA's Data Portal.
The NITA Data Portal
