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Bus Éireann Logo 1987–2000 Bus Éireann Logo 2000–2007. Bus Éireann was established in February 1987 when it was split out from Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ). [2] The logo of Bus Éireann incorporates a red Irish Setter, a breed of dog that originated in Ireland.
Van Galder Bus Company, another subsidiary of Coach USA, departs from a curbside bus stop at Union Station, on Canal Street north of Jackson Boulevard, and connects Chicago with Rockford and Madison. Several bus companies catering to Hispanic passengers connect Chicago with points in Texas, and with connections throughout Mexico.
Fare capping is a feature of public transport fare collection systems. In its most common form, fare capping credits the cost of individual transport fares towards the cost of an unlimited pass. Some trials and proposals of fare capping were conducted in the early 2000s, with the first large implementation in London in 2005. Limited numbers of ...
By the 1930s, Chicago had the world's largest public transportation system, but commuter rail services started to decline. [8] By the mid-1970s, the commuter lines faced an uncertain future. The Burlington Northern , Milwaukee Road, Chicago and North Western and Illinois Central had been losing money for several years, and were using trainsets ...
Ventra is an electronic fare payment system for the Illinois Regional Transportation Authority which replaced the Chicago Card and the Transit Card automated fare collection systems. Ventra (purportedly Latin for "windy," though the actual Latin word is ventosa ) [ 1 ] launched in August 2013, with a full system transition occurring in July 2014.
Pulse is an express bus service and a purported bus rapid transit [a] system operated by Pace, a bus and paratransit agency in the Chicago metropolitan area.Pulse lines incorporate some aspects of a bus rapid transit line like transit signal priority, but not others, including no bus lanes.
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.
It would also provide a connection to seven Chicago Transit Authority subway/elevated rail stations. [1] 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]