Chicago Ass'n of Commerce & Industry v. Regional Transportation Authority

Defendants, the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) and its chairman and directors, filed a motion for direct appeal to this court from an order of the circuit court of Cook County issuing a writ of mandamus “to adopt and promptly implement a policy to provide adequate public transportation in the six county area” and “to consider and decide upon the proper and specific course or courses of action to be taken” under the Regional Transportation Authority Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. Ill 2/3, par. 701.01 et seq.). Plaintiffs, the Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry and Samuel R.…