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CTA – Frequent Bus Network & Spring Service Changes

March 20, 2025

    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

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