Chicago: 26 bus routes face cuts, changes under CTA 'crowding reduction' plan

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Chicago Tribune
August 23, 2012


The CTA on Wednesday released the full roster of bus-route cancellations and changes that transit officials said are painful but necessary to reduce crowding on buses on the busiest routes.

The hit list totaled 26 routes, more than double the 12 low-ridership routes that officials said a day earlier would be discontinued in four months.

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Service would be added on 48 bus routes under the plan, while 12 bus routes would be discontinued and nine additional privately contracted CTA routes would also be eliminated if subsidizes were not increased. Changes also are scheduled for five more routes.

In addition, 17 rail trips would be added during weekday peak travel times, mostly on the Red, Blue and Brown lines, which are the CTA's busiest train routes. ............................(more)

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