CTA PRESIDENT'S REPORT to CHICAGO TRANSIT BOARD January 12, 2011 Slide #2 A screen shot of the main Train Tracker website. Train Tracker Launches Slide #3 Picture of a phone showing the mobile app for Train Tracker Available on Web-Enabled Phones Slide #4 Two pictures of LED screens displaying estimated arrival times for trains. Available on Electronic Displays Slide #5 Red and Purple Line Modernization Next round of public meetings will begin at the end of the month Meetings will provide several different plans for improvements Times and locations of meeting available on CTA’s website Below is the logo for the Red and Purple Line Modernization On the left are three mock-ups designs Slide #6 2010 Ridership Report Below, there is a picture of a turnstile, a picture of a bus collection box and a picture of a fare card vending machine. Slide #7 4th Quarter 2010 Ridership 127.8 million rides provided from October thru December Rides were down system-wide 1.6% or 2.2 million rides (green arrow with the word “system” in it pointing downward) Bus rides were down 5.4% or 3 million (red arrow with the word “bus” in it pointing downward) Rail rides were up 4.2%, or 1 million rides (blue arrow with the word “rail” in it pointing upward) Slide #8 Annual 2010 Ridership 516.9 million rides provided in 2010 Rides were down system-wide by .8% or 4.4 million rides (green arrow with the word “system” in it pointing downward) Bus rides were down 4.0% or 2.7 million (red arrow with the word “bus” in it pointing downward) Rail rides were up 4.1%, or 3 million rides (blue arrow with the word “rail” in it pointing upward) Slide #9 Ridership 2000-2010 Ridership is still 7.8% higher than a decade ago Below is a graph show ridership for each year, which is as follows: 2000 – 480 million 2001 – 485 million 2002 – 486 million 2003 – 475 million 2004 – 475 million 2005 – 491 million 2006 – 494 million 2007 – 500 million 2008 – 525 million 2009 – 521 million 2010 – 517 million