Read Dongbo Mark Su’s (US House District 9) responses to our 2026 Questionnaire
What types of transportation do you use during an average week, and how has this shaped your view of transportation policy?
car, Metra. For individual, car and road, transportation condition. For public transportation like Metra, train, the way it service
What are some transportation challenges in your district?
Road too busy, residential parking difficulty, paid street parking too much
How do you view Congress’s role in setting priorities for public transit, passenger rail, and strengthening accessibility in transportation?
Congress can set regulations on both individual and public transpiration priorities. For individual transportation, how reform road infrastructure, fuel cost. For public transportation, for public transpiration, rebuild public transpiration infrastructure
What’s your position on the Federal government and Illinois’ current transportation infrastructure spending, and if you could change anything, what would it be?
Federal government didn't fund transportation infrastructure too much, for Illinois state, especially for great Chicago area, so far state and local funding are very good to did good transportation infrastructure
What is your position on investing to expand passenger rail service in Illinois, including the development of high-speed rail?
I support invest more passenger rail service in Illinois, develop more high-speed rail like China did.
Federal funding for Illinois transportation projects – such as the Red Line Extension and Red-Purple Modernization projects – has come under threat from the Trump administration. How do you plan to shore up funding for critical infrastructure projects under a hostile federal climate?
I will work with both parties in congress to set funding back.
Our streets have become increasingly militarized in the past several months as the Trump administration has ramped up DHS and ICE activity in our cities. This past summer, Congress voted to increase the ICE budget larger than most of the world's militaries.
What is your position on ICE and related immigration enforcement?
ICE and related immigration enforcement need done, but need limited, now too overdone.