What makes Chicago a global city? Why do you live and work here and not some other place?

• BECAUSE our region is one of the world’s great places to live and work and that is largely because northeastern Illinois a global region.

But why do we have good jobs and a high quality of life? And why have the counties of Kane, Kendall and DeKalb rapidly developed and now require improved transportation services and options?

• BECAUSE for the last 100 years, our leaders have had the foresight to invest in infrastructure to make northeastern Illinois America’s Transportation Hub. Today, nearly $1 trillion in frieght passes through our region each year.

The transit network of rails and buses are the foundation of the Hub, as mobility matters more to the people of the region.