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This week, CDOT will begin installing red bus-only lanes on Chicago Avenue between Sangamon Street and Larrabee Street and is completing the installation of new bus priority lanes between Grand Avenue and Campbell Avenue. Read More about CDOT and CTA Announce New Dedicated Bus-Only Lanes Along Chicago Avenue

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) and Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) today announced the launch of the city’s first-ever Better Streets for Buses Plan, which lays the groundwork for improved bus services citywide through ongoing investments in street, signal, and sidewalk infrastructure–all designed to achieve faster and more reliable bus service, improved access to bus stops, and better bus stops. Read More about CTA and CDOT Release First-Ever “Better Streets for Buses Plan”

Today, the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) and the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), along with 1st Ward Alderman Daniel La Spata, announced the completion of work to further improve and make permanent the Chicago Avenue “Pop-up Essential” bus only lanes introduced by Mayor Lightfoot in 2020. Initially implemented to help prioritize bus services for essential workers and other transit riders during the pandemic, the conversion of these traffic lanes to 24-hour dedicated bus lanes has ​ Read More about CDOT and CTA Announce Improved Dedicated Bus-Only Lanes Along Chicago Avenue

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) and Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) announced today a new, joint public outreach effort to help shape the proposed “Better Streets for Buses Plan,” which when complete, will be used to help lay the groundwork for ongoing bus surface infrastructure improvements on a citywide scale. Read More about CTA and CDOT Seek Public Input to Help Shape New “Better Streets for Buses” Plan

Mayor Lightfoot announced today that CDOT and the CTA are launching Pop-Up Essential Bus Lanes as part of a pilot on two of the City’s highest ridership routes, Chicago Avenue (#66) and 79th Street (#79). These temporary, dedicated lanes will prioritize bus service for essential workers and other transit riders by converting travel lanes in both directions to 24-hour dedicated bus lanes. These lanes can help to reduce bus delays and bus bunching, which may lead to crowding and longer bus trips Read More about Mayor Lightfoot Announces CDOT and CTA Launching Pop-Up Essential Bus Lanes Program

Mayor Rahm Emanuel today joined CTA Board Chairman Terry Peterson and CTA President Dorval R. Carter, Jr. to open the first of two new bus and rail terminal facilities at 95th Street. The completion of the South Terminal is a major milestone in a $280 million project that is building a state-of-the-art 95th/Dan Ryan station on the city’s South Side and has already created more than 760 construction jobs. Read More about Mayor Emanuel and CTA Open New South Terminal at 95th Street Station

The Chicago Transit Authority is alerting bus and rail customers who use the 95th Street Red Line Terminal that the west bus terminal will re-open at 10 p.m. Tuesday, December 19, at which time nearly all CTA and Pace buses will return to their normal boarding locations. The west bus terminal was temporarily closed for four weeks due to work associated with the new, $280 million 95th Street Terminal Improvement project. Read More about CTA to Re-Open West Bus Terminal at 95th Street Terminal on Tuesday (12/19)

Customers are reminded that beginning 10 p.m. Friday, October 20, the boarding locations for seven CTA and five Pace bus routes will be temporarily relocated to allow the CTA to continue construction work on the brand new 95th Street Terminal now under way. Read More about Reminder: Temporary Changes to Bus Boarding Locations at 95th Terminal Beginning Friday Night

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is alerting bus and rail customers who use the 95th Street Red Line Terminal of upcoming, temporary changes in bus boarding locations, necessary to allow the CTA to continue construction work on the brand new 95th Street Terminal now under way. Read More about Temporary Changes to Bus Boarding Locations at 95th/Dan Ryan Terminal

The CTA announced it will conduct a study with Pace of bus service along a busy 11-mile portion of South Halsted to determine ways to jointly improve service reliability and safety, as part of CTA’s ongoing efforts to improve bus service for customers. Read More about CTA to Study Bus Service Improvements on South Halsted