Summary
The Chicago Transit Authority, commonly known as the CTA, operates the nation's second largest public transportation system, covering Chicago and 40 suburbs. On an average weekday, 1.6 million rides are taken. Some 2,000 buses operate on 154 routes and 2,273 miles, with 12,000 posted bus stops. Buses provide about 1 million passenger trips each day. The CTA's 1,190 rapid transit cars operate over eight routes and 222 miles of track, providing about 500,000 customer trips each day and serving 144 stations. CTA tracks raised several stories above street level carry elevated, or L' trains, and encircle the part of downtown Chicago called The Loop. The CTA is an independent government agency created in 1947 wi...
The Chicago Transit Authority, commonly known as the CTA, operates the nation's second largest public transportation system, covering Chicago and 40 suburbs. On an average weekday, 1.6 million rides are taken. Some 2,000 buses operate on 154 routes and 2,273 miles, with 12,000 posted bus stops. Buses provide about 1 million passenger trips each day. The CTA's 1,190 rapid transit cars operate over eight routes and 222 miles of track, providing about 500,000 customer trips each day and serving 144 stations. CTA tracks raised several stories above street level carry elevated, or L' trains, and encircle the part of downtown Chicago called The Loop. The CTA is an independent government agency created in 1947 with the acquisition of the Chicago Rapid Transit Company and Chicago Surface Lines. In 1952, the CTA became the sole operator of Chicago transit when it purchased the Chicago Motor Coach system and its fleet of buses. The CTA is governed by the Chicago Transit Board, whose seven members are appointed by the mayor.
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No Blue Line between Rosemont and O'Hare for most of July
Chicago Tribune reporterSummer air travelers who use the Blue Line to get to and from O'Hare International Airport will face an inconvenience for most of July. Beginning Tuesday, Blue Line trains will go no farther than the Rosemont stop, the last one before the airport,...Tags: O'Hare International Airport, Transportation Industry, O'Hare, Transportation
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Hundreds line up for slain cop's wake
In the heat of a July morning, they lined up Sunday in front of a Northwest Side funeral home in dress uniforms and flak vests, in short-sleeved patrol shirts and dark suits.
Some of the Chicago police officers took a break from duties on the street to...Tags: Roscoe Village, Lakeview, Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, Death and Dying, Crimes
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Steve Johnson's Web Spin. Fast takes on the week's five most viewed Tribune stories on the paper's Web site. Find them quickly at www.chicagotribune.com/most.
By Steve JohnsonFast takes on the week's five most viewed Tribune stories on the paper's Web site. Find them quickly at chicago tribune.com/most 1. Uno and only (June 29). An MIT student-to-be from Toronto invents a gyroscopically balanced motorcycle with side-by-side...Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Crimes, Murder
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'Working-class intellectual'
Chicago Tribune reporterBy day, Michael J. Byrne welded the cranes and backhoes and earthmovers that built his adopted city, Chicago. By night, he grabbed a sheet of scrap metal from the foundry and, after an hour or two at the bench with a burning torch in his hands, hauled...Tags: Roman Catholic, Death and Dying, Children, Public Holidays, Transportation
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There's room to spare, store
Special to the Chicago TribuneWhen it's time to relax on a summer day, residents of a three-bedroom, two-bath unit at 4041 N. Sheridan Rd. in the Buena Park neighborhood will head for the balcony—just one of the lures to the apartment with 2,000 square feet of space. Rehabbed...Tags: Irving Park, Electrical Appliance, Transportation
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No bond for woman accused in police killing
Authorities have denied bond for a 45-year-old woman charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a Chicago police officer. Robin Johnson is charged with first-degree murder, disarming a police officer and attempted murder in the death of 60-year-old...Tags: Law Enforcement, Assault, Prosecution, Crimes, Transportation
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Woman charged in fatal shooting of Chicago police officer
Chicago Tribune reportersA Cook County judge on Friday ordered a 45-year-old woman charged in the fatal shooting of Police Officer Richard Francis held on mandatory no bond once she is released from the hospital. Robin Johnson was charged with one count of 1st-degree murder of a...Tags: Roman Catholic, Law Enforcement, Assault, Death and Dying, Crimes
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No bail for woman charged in cop slaying
Chicago Tribune reporterA woman whose family said she has a history of violent seizures was ordered held without bail Friday in the fatal shooting of Chicago Police Officer Richard Francis. Robin Johnson, 45, was charged with one count of first-degree murder of a police...Tags: Police Arrests, Police Investigations, Law Enforcement, Roman Catholic, Assault
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Served 30 years as head of Sheet Metal Workers
Special to the Chicago TribuneDuring more than 30 years as president of Sheet Metal Workers' Union Local 115, George E. Tapling was a tough negotiator, fighting to save jobs and provide his membership with the best pay and benefits possible. When it came down to a union strike—...Tags: Roman Catholic, Illinois, Schools, Death and Dying, Austin
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1 killed, 3 hurt as car hits 'L' pillar
A woman was killed early Tuesday and her three passengers injured when the car she was driving slammed into a CTA elevated train pillar along Lake Street on Chicago's West Side, officials said. Rosa Figueroa, 19, was headed east in the 3700 block of...Tags: Vehicles
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