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Chicago risks severe cuts to transit. Its poorest suburbs could be hit even harder
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People wait at the Pace Harvey Transportation Center, Thursday, May 29, 2025, in Harvey, Ill. - photo by AP Photo/Erin Hooley
HARVEY, Ill. (AP) — Winfred Wilson was struggling to make ends meet on less than $700 a month, so he moved in with his daughter, gave up his car and started relying exclusively on public transit to take him wherever he needed to go across Chicago's southern suburbs. As he waited for a bus connection in his hometown of Harvey on a recent trip to the grocery store, Wilson waved at familiar travelers who regularly pass through the key transportation hub serving one of the region's poorest areas. Many, he said, encounter little resistance from drivers when they board without paying.