CHICAGO (CBS) — The Chicago Transit Authority has begun running on new schedules that restore bus service to pre-pandemic levels.
The new schedules began on Sunday, in what the CTA described as the final step in its goal of returning service to pre-pandemic levels by the end of this year.
“Our ability to provide pre-pandemic service marks not a finish line but a milestone in providing the exceptional bus service our riders deserve,” CTA President Dorval R. Carter Jr. said in a news release. “In 2025, we will be expanding on this milestone and looking to make further improvements to our service. The work of providing world-class transit service means there will always be improvements to be made.”
A total of 19 bus routes are getting additional services:
- #2 Hyde Park Express (runs between 60th Street/Cottage Grove Avenue and Navy Pier, using DuSable Lake Shore Drive)
- #4 Cottage Grove (runs between 115th Street/Cottage Grove Avenue and Columbus Drive/Randolph Drive)
- #6 Jackson Park Express (runs between 79th Street/South Shore Drive and Wacker Drive/Columbus Drive, using DuSable Lake Shore Drive)
- #15 Jeffery Local (runs between 103rd Street and Stony Island Avenue and 47th Street/Dan Ryan Expressway)
- #26 South Shore Express (runs between 103rd Street/Stony Island Avenue and Chicago Avenue/Fairbanks Court, using DuSable Lake Shore Drive)
- #28 Stony Island (runs between 103rd Street/Stony Island Avenue and 47th Street/Lake Park Avenue)
- #35 31st/35th (runs between 36th Street/Kedzie Avenue and 35th Street/Cottage Grove Avenue)
- #56 Milwaukee (runs between the Jefferson Park Blue Line station and Madison/Wabash)
- #67 67th-69th-71st (runs from Ford City Mall and 67th Street/South Shore Drive)
- #80 Irving Park (runs between Irving Park Road/Harlem Avenue and Irving Park Road/Broadway)
- #84 Peterson (runs between Central Avenue/Caldwell Avenue and Bryn Mawr Avenue/Sheridan Road, primarily using Peterson Avenue)
- #86 Narragansett/Ridgeland (runs between the Ridgeland Green Line station in Oak Park and Devon Avenue/Milwaukee Avenue)
- #120 Ogilvie/Streeterville Express (runs between the Ogilvie Transportation Center and McClurg Court/Huron Street)
- #121 Union/Streeterville Express (runs between Union Station and McClurg Court/Huron Street)
- #135 Clarendon/LaSalle Express (runs from Clarendon Avenue/Sunnyside Avenue southeast to Adams Street/Wacker Drive, and Franklin Street/Jackson Boulevard northwest to Wilson Avenue/Clarendon Avenue, using DuSable Lake Shore Drive)
- #136 Sheridan/LaSalle Express (runs from Sheridan Road/Devon Avenue southeast to Adams Street/Wacker Drive, and from Franklin Street/Jackson Boulevard northwest to Devon Avenue/Sheridan Road, using DuSable Lake Shore Drive)
- #143 Stockton/Michigan Express (runs between Sheridan Road/Belmont Avenue and Michigan Avenue/Ida B. Wells Drive, using DuSable Lake Shore Drive)
- #151 Sheridan (runs between Union Station and Devon Avenue/Clark Street, using Michigan Avenue, Inner Lake Shore Drive, Stockton Drive, and Sheridan Road)
- #201 Central/Ridge (runs between the Howard Red/Purple/Yellow Line station to Old Orchard Road in Skokie, using Ridge Avenue, Church Street, and Central Street in Evanston)