Reform the Transportation System

The IRTBA supports a free market system and supports limited intrusion by government in the marketplace.

Require IDOT and the Tollway to publish criteria for establishing DBE goals on every project;
Create amendments to end the no cure period (SB351);
Require that all IDOT related legislation go through the Illinois Joint Commission on Administrative Rules (JCAR) process;
Create processes that allow for timely design, regulatory approval, prompt construction, and payment of projects;
Require IDOT/Tollway to publish standards for “good faith efforts”;
Require IDOT/Tollway to publish any and all approvals and rejections of DBE goal modification requests and reasons for the approval or rejection.