A transfer allows you up to two additional rides within two hours of your first ride for 25 cents total. That is, the first transfer costs 25 cents, and the second is free. You cannot get a transfer when paying with cash. There are a few different ways to track CTA buses. Personally, I prefer Google Maps. For a more old school method, you can get text alerts. The codes are available online and on the bus stop sign pic below. The first step in riding the CTA Bus is to identify your route options.
We recommend using Google Maps , which is also the first suggestion of the CTA themselves if you use their online trip planner. Enter your origin and destination into Google Maps. Review the options. Google Maps use GPS bus tracking to suggest the quickest routes starting from your departure time. If multiple buses connect the same stops particularly common downtown, along the Magnificent Mile , for example , Google lists them side by side:.
Using another nearby stop might be better. The below picture shows four options starting at different nearby stops for one trip. Most Chicagoans are more than willing to assist you. CTA bus signs are also very informative. Finally, when in a pinch, you can ask a driver for help. Especially in the winter, no one wants to stand outside waiting for you to get directions. We covered this in the above section on fares and payment. Bus drivers check every bus stop for passengers as they pass them.
Simply wait by the sign, and when an oncoming bus sees you, it will stop. Passengers should exit through the rear, but some will exit from the front. Board, pay, and find a seat. You can sit in them if no one needs them, but be prepared to vacate without thinking twice. While on the bus, the bus should name the stops one by one. Once a stop is requested, it is not necessary or possible to request it a second time.
Telling a bus driver your stop when you get on is not expected or even necessarily heeded. First, move to the back of the bus. This is essential and something few people seem to understand. Second, enter through the front and exit through the rear. Not all bus systems in the world operate this way, but most do. You enter at the front, pay, move to the rear, and exit out of the rear at your stop. Third, make room for others to sit down.
Four, occupy all seats. Offer them to whomever you please, but if a seat is empty it should be filled to ensure the bus can be filled to maximum capacity. Unlike trains, where multiple trains cars carrying hundreds of people are monitored by a single conductor, a bus is relatively small, which keeps them relatively safe.
You should always be alert to pickpocketing, and you should not stand or sit near a door with any valuables out.
First of all, use bus tracking to minimize your time physically at a stop. Second, be very careful at shelters. This is a bonus section for people who want to learn a little bit more about how CTA routes are named and numbered.
A hour route is a bus route that operates for 24 hours. During late night hours, it may operate a slightly modified route. The night buses are designated with an N before the route number on the bus. So during the day, there is a route 4 Cottage Grove. Overnight, the N4 Cottage Grove serves a smaller portion of this route.
The second type of Owl route is a night-only route. The only example we know of this is the N5 South Short Night Bus , which services a unique route during late night hours only. There is no corresponding 5 route. A route with Owl service should also have an Owl icon on the bus stop sign. Loop Link is not a special type of route, but a special system for getting buses through the Loop more efficiently.
Basically, along downtown segments Madison, Washington, Clinton, and Canal, buses use special lanes and stations to expedite transit. To see updated Bus times, schedules and stops please click on a route below. Hyde Park Express.
King Drive. Cottage Grove. South Shore Night Bus. Jackson Park Express. South Halsted. Jeffery Local. South Shore Express. Stony Island. South Chicago. South Michigan. South Damen. North Western. South Kedzie. South Pulaski. South Cicero. West 63rd. Northwest Highway.
Irving Park. West Lawrence. North Central. South California. Jeffery Manor Express. West rd. East rd. Pullman Shuttle. Navy Pier. Water Tower Express.
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