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This is a list of bus routes operated by the Chicago Transit Authority. In 2023, the CTA bus system had a ridership of 161,699,200, or about 577,600 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024. Routes running 24 hours a day, seven days a week are: The N4 (between 63rd/Cottage Grove and Washington/State only),
The CTA installed GPS Bus Tracker systems on all buses starting with the 20 (Madison St) bus in 2006, [28] before expanding it to other routes in 2008. [29] The original claim justifying the addition of this technology was that it would reduce the issue of bunching buses. The system also allows riders to be able to determine the location of ...
On any weekday, 832,000 rides are taken on the CTA (buses and the “L”). There are 1,864 buses, 129 routes and 10,768 posted bus stops. Average weekday ridership was 445,445 in 2022.
Howard-Dan Ryan (Red Line) service could have been started as early as 1984 or 1985, in lieu of CTA's February 21, 1993 rail system reroute. Lake Street "L" service was to continue operating over the remaining portion of the Union Loop "L" until some time later when financial arrangements permitted construction of the Monroe distributor subway ...
The Brown Line of the Chicago "L" system, is an 11.4-mile (18.3 km) route with 27 stations between Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood and downtown Chicago.It runs completely above ground and is almost entirely grade-separated.
After World War II, the CTA built three new branches of the "L" through the medians of freeways. The first was the Congress Branch, which opened on June 22, 1958. On July 30, 1958, proposals for a line in the median of the Dan Ryan Expressway and a line in the median of the Kennedy Expressway were among a series of projects proposed by the CTA. [2]
Buses would operate using an exclusive lane in the center of the street, with bus platforms located in the median. The service would also utilize features such as transit signal priority and pre-paid fares. [2] CTA estimates that bus speeds on the Ashland BRT would be up to 83% faster than the existing local route. [3]
The Orange Line is a rapid transit line in Chicago, Illinois, operated by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) as part of the Chicago "L" system. It is approximately 13 miles (21 km) long and runs on elevated and at grade tracks and serves the Southwest Side, running from the Loop to Midway International Airport.