Transportation revenue sources must be sufficient to maintain, operate, and improve the system; must provide stability in order to bond or fund multi-year transportation programs; and must be sustainable to ensure the source will grow in tandem with the cost of the system. Moreover, these need to be new revenues, not simply a transfer of funds from vital non-transportation programs and services. Maintaining our transportation network requires sustainable, multimodal capital funding. Past state capital programs have only provided intermittent funding for transportation infrastructure and other capital needs, and they often have relied on taxes unrelated to transportation, such as taxes on alcohol or video poker. Revenues approved as part of a future state capital program or larger infrastructure funding legislation must be allocated through performance-based criteria that focus on areas of greatest need, including to significantly improve the condition of the region’s transit infrastructure. In addition, revenues should be collected from those who benefit from the transportation system, via direct user fees such as tolling or revenue sources that capture benefits reaped from improvements to the system. To relieve congestion on the roadway system, revenues generated from automobile user fees should have the flexibility to address multimodal transportation problems and improve overall mobility in a corridor. New user fees must be implemented carefully to avoid undue burdens on lower income residents — who may drive older, less efficient vehicles, depend on transit, or travel further to work, based on where affordable housing and employment opportunities are located. Action 1 Establish adequate and sustainable multimodal capital funding that uses performance-based allocation of revenue. Implementers State of Illinois Action 2 Rely on user fees for new revenues to create a modern transportation funding system. Implementers The state, local governments, and other transportation implementers Action 3 Allocate new revenues across modes to improve mobility for all users. Implementers Transportation agencies