“This is one of the many tools in the city’s toolbox to eradicate poverty and build generational wealth across Chicago,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot said.
Wilson has said he will soon announcein 2023, potentially setting up a match against Lightfoot. The perennial political candidate has run unsuccessfully for Chicago mayor before.
“If she’s doing it with taxpayer dollars, every taxpayer should benefit from the lower taxes in terms of gasoline, not just a few,” he said.Asked Thursday why she chose gas and transit cards instead, Lightfoot said the city had not rejected gas tax relief, but thought prepaid cards were a better option.
[Most read] A South Side ER doctor wrote ‘Emergency’ about COVID’s first year — and the time his own hospital failed his motherA gas tax holiday would have had bigger costs for the city, and could mean less spending on roads and bridges, said Joseph Schwieterman, director of DePaul University’s Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development.
And the transit cards might bring riders back to public transit, but might not keep them there for the long term, he said.
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