The junction at the northwest corner of the Loop. Ĭurrently, the CTA provides regular service within Chicago and the neighboring suburbs of Forest Park, Evanston, Skokie, Oak Park, Summit, Cicero, Berwyn, North Riverside, Rosemont, Evergreen Park, Park Ridge, Harwood Heights, Norridge, Lincolnwood, and Wilmette. Its trains provide about 750,000 customer trips each weekday and serve 145 stations in Chicago and seven suburbs. The Chicago Transit Authority's 1,450 train cars operate over eight routes and 222 miles (357 km) of track.

Buses provide about one million passenger trips a day and serve more than 12,000 posted bus stops.

It has approximately 1,800 buses that operate over 140 routes traveling along 2,230 miles (3,590 km). The CTA operates 24 hours each day and on an average weekday provides 1.7 million rides on buses and trains. The CTA provided a total of 532 million rides in 2011, a 3 percent increase over 2010 with ridership rising to levels not seen for 20 years. The Chicago Transit Authority provides service in Chicago and 10 surrounding suburbs. Today, the CTA is one of the three service boards financially supported by the Regional Transportation Authority and CTA service connects with the commuter rail Metra, and suburban bus and paratransit service, Pace. Hertz, resulting in a fully unified system. In 1952, CTA purchased the assets of the Chicago Motor Coach Company, which was under the control of Yellow Cab Company founder John D. The CTA is an Illinois independent governmental agency that started operations on October 1, 1947, upon the purchase and combination of the transportation assets of the Chicago Rapid Transit Company and the Chicago Surface Lines streetcar system. In 2022, the system had a ridership of 243,538,700, or about 800,600 per weekday as of the fourth quarter of 2022. The Chicago Transit Authority ( CTA) is the operator of mass transit in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and some of its surrounding suburbs, including the trains of the Chicago 'L' and CTA bus service. Diesel, Diesel-electric hybrid, Electric-Drive Motor/Battery

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