PRESIDENT’S REPORT
July 15, 2009 
CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY 


New Slide: Reductions in Public Funding 
- CTA was due to receive $723M in subsidies 
- Public funding has been reduced to $541M 

(a pie chart shows that 25% of the 2009 operating budget's funding is missing)


New Slide: State Capital Program 

- $900M for CTA over five years 
-- Capital investments: 
-- Decrease operating costs 
-- Increase reliability 
-- Improve service quality 
-- Make funding of new programs possible 


New Slide: Photo: New Stimulus-Funded Hybrid Bus



RIDERSHIP REPORT

New Slide: July 3rd Ridership - 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. 

- Over 145,400 rides provided 
- 2nd highest July 3rd ridership on record* 

System DOWN 12,500 -8% 
Bus DOWN 4,100 -9% 
Rail DOWN 8,400 -7% 

* 2008 Taste/Fireworks ridership is the highest on record. 

New Slide: Photo: New way finding/directional signage New way finding/directional signage 

New Slide: Photo: Signage on the elevated structure Signage on the elevated structure 

New Slide: Photo: Portable fare card machines reduced boarding times for customers 

New Slide: Photo: Information Specialists and Police Officers controlled crowds 


New Slide: June 2009 Ridership Results 
- 43.6M rides provided in June 

System DOWN 1.6M -3.5% 
Bus DOWN 1.7M -6.1% 
Rail UP 0.1M +0.8% 

Figures adjusted for calendar differences. 

New Slide: Rail Ridership, Change by Line 

Brown Line 10% 
Red Line 3% 
Pink Line -3% 
Purple Line -5% 
Green Line -6% 
Loop Elevated -6% 
Orange Line -7% 
Blue Line -7% 
Yellow Line -10% 

New Slide: June 2009 Ridership Results 

- Losses continue during weekday rush 
- Growth on weekends remains consistent 

Weekday Rush 
Bus down 6.7%
Rail down 3.0%
System down 5.2%

Weekday Off-Peak 
Bus down 6.0%
Rail up 0.5%
System down 3.6%

Weekends 
Bus down 4.6%
Rail up 10.4%
System up 0.8%


New Slide: Year-to-Date Ridership 

- Ridership continues to be up in 2009 

System UP 2.3M 0.9% 
Bus DOWN 1.2M -0.8% 
Rail UP 3.5M 3.8% 

Figures adjusted for calendar differences. 

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