Even with COVID-19 restrictions in place and a massive drop in tourism numbers, the RTC provided 56 million essential transit trips on its fixed-route bus system, 1.1. million trips on its paratransit service, and nearly 75,000 rides on its senior and veteran services.
Here are the individuals and organizations honored by APTA.
Customers are returning to buses and trains for work, recreation, and summer activities as transit continues to play a significant role in Chicago's reopening.
The “When You’re Ready, We’re Ready!” campaign highlights CTA’s affordable and convenient service to encourage people to take transit.
The survey, conducted by the RTA, shows that about 80% of riders plan to resume their pre-COVID level of transit use, but increased telecommuting is likely to persist.
The buses will be monitored for their performance before the CTA authorizes the production of an additional 17 electric buses.
Initially, the pilot program will feature disposable mask dispensers on 200 buses serving 20 bus routes serving all areas of the city.
The company will supplement the existing transit by providing first- and last-mile connection for riders to-and-from all CTA and Metra stations.
Failing to address America’s $90 billion backlog of public transit modernization needs, also referred to as State of Good Repair, results in a loss of $340 billion in business revenue to the U.S. economy over a six-year period, according to an new APTA study.
According to the report, CTA, Pace, and Metra ranked in the top half of their peer groups for 14 of the 16 measures reviewed and in the top three for seven of those measures.
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