CTA buses on some routes will soon be set to run at least every 10 minutes during the day, as the agency rolls out a plan to create a network of more frequent buses.
By the end of the year, 20 key routes are slated for the service boost, out of 127 bus lines. The change will go into effect on the first eight routes March 23, including on buses that run on 79th Street, 47th Street, Cicero Avenue and a portion of Michigan Avenue on the Far South Side.
After years in which the CTA struggled to provide frequent, reliable service , the plan is an attempt to not just return to pre-pandemic standards, but in some ways exceed them. It will be the first major service change to take effect under the tenure of new acting President Nora Leerhsen, CTA’s former chief of staff who now faces the task of helping to rebuild trust in the agency after pandemic-era challenges…