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The Chicago Transit Board today approved two separate contracts with the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. and United Parcel Service, Inc. to continue to provide express bus routes serving employees of each company.​ Read More about CTA Board Approves Contracts for #132 Goose Island Express, #169 69th/UPS Express Bus Routes

The Chicago Transit Board today approved a lease for a locally owned doughnut shop at the 95th Street Terminal on the Red Line, the latest independent vendor to open at a CTA location. Read More about CTA Adds Locally Owned Businesses to Agency’s Retail Spaces

The Chicago Transit Board today unanimously approved the Chicago Transit Authority’s 2013 budget of $1.39 billion, a spending plan that maintains current service levels, freezes base fares, and continues investment to modernize and repair infrastructure to best serve customers. Read More about Chicago Transit Board Approves 2013 Budget

The Chicago Transit Authority will begin offering additional bus and rail service on the transit system’s most crowded routes starting Sunday, December 16, as part of a previously announced plan to reduce uncomfortable crowding and help meet growing ridership demand. The plan is the equivalent of $16 million in added service to bus and rail routes that are used by more than 76 percent of CTA’s customers – and comes at no additional cost to taxpayers and riders. Read More about Extra Weekday Service on 48 CTA Bus Routes, Six Rail Lines and Additional Weekend Train Service Begins Sunday

The Chicago Transit Authority and MillerCoors today announced the company’s month-long campaign to promote the CTA’s popular New Year’s Eve Penny Rides program. Read More about Countdown to New Year’s Eve Penny Rides

Quarterly meetings of the ADA Advisory Committee of the Chicago Transit Authority for 2013 are hereby announced. Read More about ADA Advisory Committee Meeting Dates - 2013

Beginning at 11:59 p.m. Friday, November 30, CTA Red Line trains will resume serving the cleaner, brighter and renewed Lawrence station. The station is the sixth of seven stations to undergo a six-week temporary closure as part of the Red Line North Interim Improvement project. Read More about Lawrence Red Line Station Re-Opens Late Friday Night

Just in time for the holiday shopping season, the Chicago Transit Authority is expanding its line of CTA- and Chicago-themed gifts at www.ctagifts.com. Read More about CTA Expands Online Gift Store

Chicago Transit Authority Proposed 2013 Capital Program of Projects, 2013 Operating Budget and Program, Including Fare Changes and the Financial Plan for 2014 and 2015 Read More about Notice of Public Hearing