Dear Mooviters,
CTA has committed to a program called the Frequent Network. Throughout 2025, 20 popular bus routes will have service added to ensure 10-minute or better scheduled service between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekends.
The first phase of the program is launching this Sunday, March 23 as part of CTA’s spring service changes with updated frequencies on 8 bus routes.
Here is what you can look forward to:
- #J14 Jeffery Jump
20% more service on weekdays, more than 35% more service on weekends;
hours of service increased weekdays and Sundays
- #34 South Michigan
Weekday service will run every 6-10 minutes instead of every 8-16 minutes
- #47 47th Street
Service doubled between Kedzie and Midway stations on the Orange Line
- #54 Cicero
30% more service on Sundays
- #60 Blue Island/26th
More than 45% more service on weekends
- #63 63rd Street
More than 40% more service between Midway station on the Orange Line and Kedzie/63rd
- #79 79th Street
20% more service on Sundays/holidays
- #95 95th Street
20% more service weekdays, more than 30% more service weekends
Which other service changes can you expect?
The following routes are included in CTA’s spring service changes. Most routes continue to have the same frequency and span of service, but arrival times may change up to a few minutes. Routes with more extensive changes to hours of service are marked with an asterisk (*).
3 King Drive
4 Cottage Grove
7 Harrison
8 Halsted
9 Ashland
18 16th-18th
20 Madison
21 Cermak
22 Clark
24 Wentworth
35 31st/35th*
44 Wallace/Racine
49B North Western
52 Kedzie
53 Pulaski
55 Garfield
56 Milwaukee
57 Laramie
59 59th/61st
65 Grand
66 Chicago
67 67th/69th/71st
70 Division
72 North*
73 Armitage
74 Fullerton
78 Montrose*
82 Kimball/Homan
87 87th
93 California/Dodge
100 Jeffery Manor Exp
112 Vincennes/111th
126 Jackson
152 Addison
156 LaSalle
165 West 65th
206 Evanston Circulator
Please note that lakefront and beach service will be expanded on weekends and holidays, starting this Sunday through mid-August. The following routes will begin and end their trips a the indicated beaches between approximately 9am and 9:30pm:
#35 31st/35th (31st Street Beach)
#63rd 63rd (63rd Street Beach)
#72 North (North Avenue Beach)
#78 Montrose (Montrose Beach)
All updated schedules will be available in the Moovit App or on CTA’s website.
You ride, we guide,
The USA Moovit Team