The CTA began the 1990s with the last of their classic-style service cuts: on February 9, 1992, five "L" stations were closed (California/Lake, Laramie [Douglas], Grand/Milwaukee, Wentworth, and Harvard, which effectively created a two mile gap in stations on the Englewood branch), four station entrances were shuttered (Paulina at Medical ...

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is the operator of mass transit in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and some of its suburbs, including the trains of the Chicago "L" and CTA bus service. In 2024, the system had a ridership of 309,197,200, or …

2019年4月1日 · "It began with cash and tokens and flash passes, then in the 1990's moved to magnetic striped fare cards," Garfield said. Which ultimately led to smart cards and today's Ventra system. The...

The 2000s, built by the Pullman-Standard Company, are the first cars with air conditioning and had a number of other modern improvements, including sculpted fiberglass ends, remote-controlled destination signs, a new truck design, an electrical coupler (making them incompatible with older cars), more powerful motors and automatic cab signals ...

2020年7月21日 · The 1990s saw massive retirements of what were once stalwart members of the CTA fleet, with the 6000-series cars being retired in December 1992 following introduction of new Morris-Knudsen 3200-series rapid transit cars.

During the 1990s, work trips into, out of, and within the Central Area increased. Daily work trips within the Central Area grew by 25% to nearly 50,000. As of the 2000 Census, over 578,000 people traveled into the Central Area to work each weekday. More than half of these people (52%) used tran-sit.

Many of the features and aspects present on modern "L" cars were introduced on the 2000-series cars. They provided CTA a number of "firsts", including the first urban-type rapid transit cars designed and built as air-conditioned units (CTA considered the Port Authority Hudson-Manhattan, which had 50 air conditioned cars already, an inter-city ...

In 1997, the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) was the second-largest transit system in the United States, with approximately 1,900 buses and 1,150 rapid transit cars carrying almost 419 million passenger trips a year (1997). The CTA was created in 1945.

Between 1997 and 2000, the CTA operated 3 experimental New Flyer low floor buses equipped with the Ballard fuel cell power systems. Bus #5900 was seen near Illinois Center on the #20 Madison route. Hydrogen powered these buses, the hydrogen tanks are on the roof and promote the bus as the "Clean Machine".

The CTA Reinvents Itself: (1990-present) The "L" Heading Into the 21st Century 1992 Cars 6101-6102 ran in service on the final run of the 6000-series on December 4, 1992, after which the last of the series was retired from passenger service.