Chicago: CTA says bus schedules to return to prepandemic levels, one month after train service returns

The CTA says bus schedules will return to prepandemic levels during the last full week of 2024, marking the fulfillment of the agency’s plan to restore service by the end of the year.

The additional bus service comes a month after the CTA said train schedules hit prepandemic levels, a vow CTA President Dorval Carter made to the Chicago City Council in early 2024 after schedule cuts and years of complaints about service, safety and conditions on transit.

But on both buses and trains, service could still look different on individual routes and at certain times of day or days of the week than it has in the past, as the CTA adjusts schedules to reflect changing ridership. The agency is measuring the return of service by total hours of service scheduled.

When new schedules take effect Sunday, 19 bus routes will have service added to the schedule, the CTA said. That includes routes such as the #4 Cottage Grove bus that runs from the Far South Side to downtown, the #56 Milwaukee route that runs through the Northwest Side and the #80 Irving Park bus on the North Side, along with several express routes to downtown. ................(more)

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