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The Chicago Rapid Transit Company (CRT) was a privately owned firm providing rapid transit rail service in Chicago, Illinois, and several adjacent communities between 1924 and 1947. The CRT is one of the predecessors of the Chicago Transit Authority , Chicago's current mass transit operator.
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is the operator of mass transit in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and some of its suburbs, including the trains of the Chicago "L" and CTA bus service. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 279,146,200, or about 993,700 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024.
RTA was created after a referendum in 1974. In 1973, CTA had instituted its first major service cuts, [6] and several suburban bus companies, including Evanston Bus Company and Glenview Bus Company had ceased operations, forcing Evanston to make arrangements with CTA and Wilmette to start a municipal service.
The Chicago Central Area Transit Plan's financial recommendations were, in retrospect, overly optimistic even for those days before the runaway inflation of the late 1960s and 1970s. The projected cost of building the loop and distributor subway systems was $478 million in 1969 dollars.
These companies include El Expreso Bus Company, Omnibus Express, Los Paisanos Autobuses, Tornado Bus Company, Turimex Internacional, Price 4 Limo., [10] National Charter Bus, [11] Chicago Charter Bus Company [12] and GOGO Charters. [13]
Prior to the 1991 reorganization, the responsibilities of the Department of Transportation (and several other current city departments) belonged to the Chicago Department of Public Works. The Department of Public Works was first recognized as a branch of the city administration in 1861, at which point it consolidated the services of water ...
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Chicago South Branch Dock Company: B&O: 1859 1888 Bridgeport and South Chicago Railroad: Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad: CSS 1925 Chicago and Southern Railroad: CN: 1874 1878 Chicago and State Line Railway: Chicago and Southeastern Railway: EJ&E: 1889 1913 Illinois Steel Company: Chicago Southern Railway: MILW: 1904 1910