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for F i only know 1050 is at SS, 1065 LTH at the garage, 1407 broken tracker, 1609 is at SS, 1637 1648 and 1665 are retired.

Here’s everything that enter service between October 28 and today 8787 on 10/28 to 77th 8781 on 10/28 to chicago 8780 on 11/1 to chicago 8782 on 11/4 to chicago 8759 on 11/7 to chicago 8796 8792 8788 8790 8752 8785 on 11/18 to north park 8789 8762 8777 8793 on 11/19 to north park 8791 and 8801 today 11/20 to north park 8785 started at 77th but moved up north

NP needs more 8800s.

Well that's a wrap on #6810, I was fortunate enough to capture it getting hauled off for scrap this afternoon.

That’s cool he must’ve been that run for many years

About time.

Brown - 36 runs Green - 23 runs each terminal Orange - 26 runs Pink - 21 runs

Blue Line will have a whopping 50 runs out of O'Hare and 30 runs out of Forest Park.

Yesterday I observed an article going westbound on Congress near Central Park. I thought it was strange but based on what you said, it may have been running the 7 or 126. I wouldn't think either route would be artic worthy but if K is short of 40 ft buses, why not run the artics rather than have them sit in the garage? The 12 also has a mix of 40 fr and 60 ft buses.

They may have assigned buses in numerical order in whatever sized blocks at specific blocks in the past, but that's not how the 8350s have been assigned. They've been assigned amongst their assigned garages in a chaotic order from the moment they first started arriving two years ago. Reassignments of the D40LFs due to displacement by incoming 8350s, for replacement of D40s that got retired because of poor condition, or both have led to numerical sequences of the 1000s currently still in service to be in a similar chaotic order.

We're next in line for the new fareboxes so every now and then we will get loaned equipment from either SS or 74th/103rd for the time being. #8624 has the brand new farebox and it was easier than I thought it would be operating it today on Halsted. My only complaint is the step getting removed on the novas for the new farebox. That will take something use to. I nearly fell 5 different times forgetting that it wasn't there anymore. 😅

I don't know if this was mentioned before, but I spotted #1005 tonight on the #29 and it had the new LED headlights on it, like the #4300 series currently has. I wonder if this bus has already been rehabbed or is it the pilot bus for the rehabs.

broken tracker in service on this one.

Despite those sewing confusion about 1000-series overhauls, the 2025 budget says at page 70:

Spotted 7159-60 sitting outside Skokie Shops facing Oakton Street.

You can add 8795, 8797, 8799, 8803, and 8809 to the list of in service all out of North Park.

Speeding car being followed by police hit a car at 60th and State, killing the driver of that car. Speeding car then hit the CTA bus injuring 10 including the bus driver. The Speeding car was stolen and the 3 suspects arrested.

8801 made debut at NP on route 22

What doesn't make sense is why is cta continuously mentioning keeping artic numbers around 310 if they cant find anything to do with the 100 surplus we have outside of emergency purposes (Track work, pandemic social distancing etc).

Maybe not a tmc treatment. But maybe some sort of crackdown on keeping mileage low on the older buses such as only pulling them out for rush hours and short gentle routes at that.

I'll update the rosters in the next few weeks to see if anything will return before the Christmas or so but for anyone wondering the whereabouts of the #1000s a majority listed in red are at SS pending LTH/300 for rust or other miscellaneous defects. Note I don't have 74th, 77th or 103rd listed as they have non 3rd/4th option #1000s. 4 #1000s were withdrawn from service last week and from the looks of it they are #1427, #1797,#1897 & #1942. I'll doublecheck on #1851 and #1766 may be next in line that will be retired. #1010, #1011, #1012, #1017, #1037 (Total: 5) #1125, #1150, #1189 (Total: 1) #1228 (Total: 1) #1305, #1331, #1342, #1363, #1368 (Total: 5) #1447 (Total: 1) #1517, #1596 (Total: 2) #1626, #1634, #1635, #1637, #1639, #1640,#1642, #1644, #1645, #1646, #1647, #1648 #1649, #1650, #1651, #1652, #1654, #1656, #1658, #1659, #1661, #1662, #1664, #1665, #1667, #1668, #1669, #1670, #1671, #1672, #1674, #1675, #1679, #1680, #1681, #1682, #1684, #1685, #1686, #1687, #1689, #1690, #1692, #1693, #1694, #1695, #1696 #1697 #1698 (Total: 49) #1700, #1702, #1703, #1704, #1705, #1706 #1707, #1708, #1709, #1710, #1711, #1712, #1713, #1717, #1723, #1728, #1729, #1730, #1731, #1732, #1733, #1737, #1738, #1739, #1740, #1741, #1742, #1745, #1746, #1747, #1751, #1753, #1754, #1756, #1757, #1759, #1763, #1765, #1770, #1771, #1772 , #1773, #1774, #1775, #1778, #1779, #1781, #1782, #1784, #1785, #1786, #1790, #1791, #1792, #1794, #1799 (Total: 56) #1800, #1805, #1808, #1810, #1811, #1812, #1813, #1814, #1815, #1816, #1817, #1819, #1820, #1821, #1823, #1824, #1825, #1827, #1828, #1829, #1831, #1833, #1834, #1836, #1837, #1840, #1841, #1842, #1844, #1845, #1847, #1848, #1849, #1850, #1852, #1856, #1857, #1858, #1859, #1861, #1864, #1866, #1868, #1869, #1870, #1876, #1882, #1883, #1885, #1886, #1887, #1888, #1889, #1890, #1892, #1894, #1899, (Total: 57) #1901, #1903, #1905, #1907, #1908, #1910, #1916, #1918, #1921, #1922, #1924, #1925, #1926, #1927, #1928, #1930, #1931, #1933, #1934, #1935, #1936, #1937, #1940, #1943, #1944, #1945, #1946, #1947, #1948, #1949, #1951, #1952, #1953, #1955, #1958, #1959, #1960, #1961, #1963, #1965, #1969, #1971, #1972, #1973, #1974, #1976, #1977, #1978, #1981, #1983, #1984, #1985, #1986, #1987, #1988, #1989, #1990, #1991, #1992, #1993, #1994, #1995, #1996, #1997, #1998, #1999 (Total: 66) #2003, #2004, #2005, 2008, #2013, #2014, #2015, #2016, #2017, #2018, #2022, #2023, #2026, #2027, #2028, #2029 (Total: 16) (Total: 264) Placed on LTH/300 (Total: 766) Left in active revenue service

NP needs to keep whatever 1000s they retain on 11, 96 and the burbs if they want to avoid too many issues with maintenance lol

I could be wrong but I don't see RPM diverting ridership from LSD routes. There's enough density along the north lakefront to justify the LSD routes, particularly south of Devon. There is also the crime issue around the Red Line ( and it's not just the south side). The LSD routes offer a safer alternative. If CTA reduces the artic fleet, will they be able to manage any uptick in ridership? Currently CTA has service back up to prepandemic levels but ridership is more spread out instead of rush hour centric. Would CTA be able to adjust with bus service as easily as it could with rail service? While 308 artics may be too many, 225 to 240 may seem to be the sweet spot.

They could've at least been more proactive about the section east of Cicero Though since IDOT work shouldn't interfere

#8800 is at SS.

95th has 40 runs.

Shout out to transitChicago.com for the (non)updates 🥳

Pick's in effect right now. 4AM was the effect time.

2691 2692 are scrapped

#1614 is officially back in service. tracking service has not been fixed on it.

1164 is back at 103rd currently on 119 as I speak.

That makes sense now. They’re also replacing the poles where the ventra is to give better clearance to the fareboxes. Looks like forest glen is mostly finished up with the farebox installation at this point, I haven’t seen a bus with the old farebox down at FG for two weeks now.

Indeed, it is huddled up tightly among #6000s in the boneyard. Yes we still have #6000s almost 15 years after they were retired. 😅

It appears to have had the same roof modifications that narrow RTS had back in 2002 when it was rebuilt at south shops as a command bus!

Didn’t know which topic to put this under so I figured why not here lol. North Park, Kedzie, and Chicago currently have the new fareboxes being installed on their fleet. Forest Glen is next up in line for these boxes, Chicago gave up 8138 to FG specifically for operator training on them. training should conclude within the next few weeks. I think 77th or 103rd should be next up after the glen.

Yes please give 74th brand new equipment! 😂

@MALTDISNEY indicates that there are reasons for it. The feeling I get is that you just want to shuffle junk around, while you realize that about 600 are going to meet the crusher momentarily.

Don't use the Free Ride pass too much in one day or you'll get a nasty letter from the CTA about that. That happened several years ago after using the CTA bus & L extensively on the annual October weekend of Open House Chicago, of which bizarrely the CTA was & still is a sponsor. That's how incompetent the CTA is!

This seems to be the most appropriate topic where to post. I will keep this brief. I did not think I was qualified for this; but when applying for my Illinois license plate renewal in December; because I could renew that for the [i]senior citizen[/i] rate, it had a tick box for querying eligibilty for the Regional Transportation Authority's '[b]Seniors Ride Free[/b]' pass. I already possessed the Half Fare permit. I thought that was all to which I was entitled. I ticked the box. I was prepared for someone to respond I did not qualify (but try again next year). The process involved presenting a copy of a filed Illinois IL-1040 form to check financial limitations. To my amazement, I was eligible for the Ride Free pass. I was approved for it back at the end of January. I thought it would have been sent to me semi-automatically once the R.T.A. learned of my eligibilty. That was erroneous. After a month, I went to the R.T.A.'s World-Wide Web site to inspect how to apply for it there. Because I had the Half Fare permit, [u]I could not apply for the Ride Free pass online[/u]. I had to physically visit one of the R.T.A.'s service outlets. Not all of its outlets have photography; and the R.T.A. wants to have a new(er) picture of you than what is on your Half Fare permit. I chose the outlet with photography at Damen & Lawrence on Chicago's north side. With everything else occuring here at the abode. I did not visit until Wednesday, 17 April. The "[i]up to ten working days[/i]" note notwithstanding, the pass arrived here on Monday, the 22nd. Wow. It must not have had many other applications to process. So I now have this pass. It is a moment when my transit use was going to throttle up anyhow; with warmer days and more significantly, [b]Illinois Craft Beer Week[/b] from 3-10 May, starting with [b]Beer Under Glass[/b] @ Union Station on Friday, the 3rd. We of the [u]Logan Square Draught Beer Preservation Society[/u] will conduct a [u]Pub Crawl[/u] of bars and pubs in [b][u]Avondale[/u][/b] on Monday, the 6th. I will send publications a proclamation of venues and times we will visit. I was out-&-about Monday, making copies of the handbill with the data, and shall distribute those in the upcoming days. If you want the data, contact me; or else look for it online at the Little Three Happiness Forum or FlyerTalk Forum [in the 'Community Buzz' rubric]. My main duplication store is Copy Max (two words - to avert copyright snags) at Milwaukee & Paulina, near the Division & Ashland Blue Line "L" station. After duplicating there, I went back to Ashland Av. to ride north to Cortland for the [b][u]Bucktown Pub[/u][/b]. I did not stay too long there. As I strolled back to Cortland & Ashland, a westbound route #73 Armitage bus came into view. I boarded it to ride to the Western "L" stop. The bus, from Chicago garage #1128, [i]had the new farebox[/i]. Here are photos of it; and for comparison, the new Pace bus farebox, so that you don't get the two of them mixed up.

Maintenance hold per the Midway Shop. They’re slated as transfers for Orange Line service.

All the controllers are members of IBEW 134.

omg the flyer didn’t take damage at all IMG_9277.MP4

person hit by bus @Chicago/Long route 66

7929 was involved in a accident this morning hit a light pole on 51st & cottage after a car supposably ran a red light here go the picks to back up my post

Yellow Line 4 car trains are out seen 5500-5499-5479-5480 only back 2 cars open front 2 stay closed

1449 broke down around 20 minutes ago on the 165 route

Let's leave the 2600-series retirements alone for now. We have an exciting rehab on 3200-series and the grand finale for the 5000-series being delivered, lets wait a couple of years before we begin to celebrate the grand finale of the 2600-series.

Yeah I saw that bus too I actually almost drove 1005 not too long ago but the seat wasnt properly set right it had a ridiculous lean so they just gave me another bus. But the new headlights look cool don't they lol, I too wanna know when will the rehab start. I saw a group of buses lined up in the back of 103rd where the old NABI's were today and I was wondering were they starting the rehab on them yet. I'll try to find out if I can and keep you all posted.

Of course, you don't HAVE to buy a fare card. You can pay a cash bus fare, but you don't get a transfer with it, as you acknowledge. The transfers were abolished as part of the 2008 or so fare hikes, basically because they were being used fraudulently. Most of the rest you say is correct, especially with regard to not selling passes on the bus, which other TAs do, but CTA is apparently also trying to cut the cost of counting the money. According to some reports, cash is down to 6% of bus fares.* In any event, CTA's intent is to go to the bank card system, discussed here. _______________ *That was the rationale used by the Tollway to double tolls for all cars that did not have I Pass.