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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 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.
The Red Line is a rapid transit line in Chicago, run by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) as part of the Chicago "L" system. It is the busiest line on the "L" system, with an average of 108,303 passengers boarding each weekday in 2023 [1] The route is 26 miles (42 km) long with a total of 33 stations.
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]
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.
One CTA bus route terminate at the station, the 81W West Lawrence; this route provides service to Cumberland Avenue, Lawrence Avenue, East River Road, and the Jefferson Park Transit Center. [ 23 ] [ 31 ] [ 32 ] Four Pace bus routes also terminate at Cumberland: the 240 Dee Road, the 241 Greenwood/Talcott, the 290 Touhy Avenue, and the 331 ...
It is the shortest route in the CTA rail system except during weekday peaks and rush hours. Prior to the color-coding of CTA rail lines in 1993, the Purple Line was known as the Evanston Line , Evanston Service or Evanston Shuttle , and the Purple Line Express was called the Evanston Express .
The next major step in the development of downtown subways in Chicago came in January 1958, when the Chicago Transit Authority proposed the New Horizons for Chicago's Metropolitan Area, a $315 million, 20-year rapid transit improvement and expansion program to be carried out once financial arrangements had been made. The program was divided ...