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The Classic Car Club of America (CCCA) is an organization founded in 1952 with a goal of celebrating the automobiles of the prewar period. [1] At the time, the vehicles covered by the club were considered too modern to be of any interest by such organizations as the Antique Automobile Club of America .
The Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) is the financial and oversight body for the three transit agencies in northeastern Illinois; the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), Metra, and Pace, which are called Service Boards in the RTA Act. [1] RTA serves Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties.
Pace is the suburban bus and regional paratransit division of the Regional Transportation Authority serving the Chicago metropolitan area. It was created in 1983 by the RTA Act, which established the formula that provides funding to the CTA , Metra , and Pace.
On September 28, 2016, the CTA finalized its decision to make CRRC Sifang America the manufacturer of the 7000-series cars. [15] [16] The cars are being built at a new CRRC Sifang America rail car manufacturing plant at 13535 South Torrence Avenue in Chicago's Hegewisch neighborhood. Construction of the factory began in March 2017, with ...
The Chicago Transit Authority provides service in Chicago and 10 surrounding suburbs. The CTA provided a total of 532 million rides in 2011, [6] a 3 percent increase over 2010 with ridership rising to levels not seen for 20 years. [7] The CTA operates 24 hours each day and on an average weekday provides 1.7 million rides on buses and trains.
They include adding “transit ambassadors” to boost safety, and moving to a one fare system across all types of public transit, rather than the current, separate fares for the CTA, Metra and Pace.
Internal accounting number for local streetcar service; became part of Route 4 when service was converted to buses on June 19, 1955. Number reused on 29 State on February 15, 1976. 30 Whiting-East Chicago: 63rd/South Park East Chicago Daily Burnside/Cottage Grove Internal accounting number for local streetcar service, not publicly used.
Number built Notes 2000-series: Chicago Transit Authority Pullman-Standard: 1964 1993 180 First of High Performance family 2200-series: Budd Company rebuilt by the New York Rail Car Corporation, 1990–1992 1969–1970 2013 150 First stainless-steel CTA cars 2400-series: Boeing-Vertol: 1976–1978 2014 200