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It was about 10, 10:30pm, so probably not

Sounds like Clemente run

Guess I gotta check the schedules but I'm guessing 134 and 156 are frequency increases? I wonder if they're still considering canning 143?

I got an email from CTA this morning listing all of the changes:

Thanks for your more technical ex[;anation pf loans and moves. In light of the inreliability of tracker information, both predicted buses not showing and existing buses not tracking, and posts on the 8350s thread that buses reported by @Chammon Moore as just going into service had been inservice, as well as my comments about Clark St. were to bring out the point that the virtual world is not the real world. For someone like me, who is not on the inside at CTA, the only I have to verify it is to see it on the street. I agree with you that a 1 day loan to fill in a gap is too trivial to report. It's something else when FG's 8260-8305 (approximately_ all show up at K.And, of I wanted to verify something on the street, at least the windshield sticker should have been changed. ----------------------- If you want something historic, I was on 55yh St. next to a dead Big Green propane, wjen another bus pulled up,cranked the roll sign to EAST TERMINAL and the supervisor said it was a 77th Street bus. I thought "there issn't bus on 77th Street, but later learned there was a 77th barn, and 55 was not served by it.

That idk

Yessir, #6149 and #6186 are currently located at 130th just east of the Bishop Ford in a storage yard. How they got moved from 106th and Torrence would be a tow as my best guess. The owner if they're still around has not done anything with those buses since they purchased them. As far as #6163 is concerned I have a strong feeling that SS will do something positive with it. Heritage fleet full of 3 generations of Flxibles has a nice ring to it minus the cost it would take to get it up and running again if the money is allocated for it.

#4307 is back in service on the J14 after a 4 year hiatus.

I take it from what you said, they aren't CTA property?

Those two are salvageable despite the terrible owner they had for over a decade. It would cost at least $100,000+ each to get them running again.

Don’t forget 6149 and 6186, which they are on 130th and Stoney island on the far south side.

That's possible, even though NF had been assembling artics at Anniston, Alabama. This isn't the video to which I referred above, but does provide real time action.

saw a video where someone was asking what a MTA bus was doing in wisconsin (presumably it was coming from MN)

Picked up from the wrong thread, but anyway, some YouTuber says MTA is getting its XE60s delivered.

No, we DON'T know that. Someone asked a bit up the thread a couple of days ago, "will we know the manufacturer tommorrow?" I said there was a procurement process. Well, that wasn't on the Dec. 10 meeting agenda, so the answer remains NO. Also, I responded before, it is not the lowest bidder, but the lowest responsible, responsive bidder (which apparently NABI was not in the 2006 1050 bus procurement) or purchase assignable options (as did CTA from Seattle for artics), or use a multijurisdictional contract (as Pace did). My prediction, which may turn out to be wrong, is that NITA will buy the buses, or that it will be a joint procurement. But I think too many posters have been smoking whacky tobbaccy. The subject is CTA Award for 40 foot hybrid buses. NOT Pace, anf not XE60s.

I don't know how that quote was attributed to me but I didn't say any of that. I know the order is fir 49 ft buses. My last post to @YoungBusLoverwas about New Flyers. I mentioned the artics only because New Flyer is the only manufacturer that makes 60 ft buses. Other than that, the low bidder will win rge contract.

New notice for #75 route extension to 79th/Western is now posted on the website. https://www.transitchicago.com/travel-information/alert-detail/?AlertId=112050

Alright but I’m just saying what Jack said not trying to start an argument here

Grant is being used for 40' buses, not 60' -- see higher up this thread.

They both were just about the same thing part wise.

You do know that CTA is getting some Gillig buses soon,? Outside of that someone needs to tell New Flyer to be the lowest bidder . Outside of that, your best bet for NF is the artic variety

Oh yeah I know 😅, just having a little fun here. In all seriousness though I would hope CTA listens to the Union as far as what manufacturer they decide to go to since that was brought up in this latest budget bill. I want NFI back at the CTA bad it's not even funny. The LFS is the bane of my existence having to operate over the old reliable Flyers. The XDE40s/XDE60s would be a welcome sight to the fleet though. 150 would replace some #4000s though right if I'm not mistaken? I've tried catching up on exactly what the 150 would be replacing specifically. If it is the #4000s why not get more funding to replace the 300+ #1000s that got canned over the last 4 years? Now we're talking let's create more nostalgia.😅😅😅😅😅

Basically he's saying scale back on posting information that isn't beneficial to the thread. Unless you have evidence to back up what you're giving out. Loans happen a lot but whenever a move is about to take place I'll let everyone know in advance when I have 95% confirmation it will be permanent. Loans for the AM/ PM rush happen a lot depending on the time of the week. So if you do see something out of place on the rosters just wait a few days before posting about it because more than likely a call was made from garage to garage about loaning some equipment for few hours to a couple of weeks. Moves normally happen during a seasonal pick, equipment shortage, major events that require extra manpower at one or two garages and lastly service changes among some routes that may require extra buses for a garage to facilitate properly. Bus Moves is self explanatory. Buses on the move from one garage to the next as a permanent stay. They can range from a small block of 5 - 10 buses upwards to 50 - 100 spilt among several garages which can take a few days to complete depending on the size of the move. Now recently there have been smaller moves of 5 - 10 buses this year among all 7 garages so I do see why you posted recently.

Idk what you talking about man I’m confused right now

The only thing of interest at the Dec. 2025 CT Board meeting was at the very end, where ""Bill Mooney, your Chief Infrastructure Officer" orally reported on the Loop L shutdown, saying that a magnesium part had to be replaced at the Tower 18 junction, and another shutdown will be needed next year for the switch in the other direction.