Service beyond SP2025 (was: March 25 System Pick)

[Busjack]

2 hours ago, strictures said:

The 53 should go to Devon Kedzie, as that's the city limits at Devon.  No service on Devon west of Kedzie except the short lived 155A years ago. The sole reason it never went north of Peterson was the C&NW grade crossing a quarter mile north of there at Granville/Pulaski that the streetcar company didn't want to cross.  That's been gone for years now. Maybe ever other bus.

• Your history is wrong. There was the 14 N. Cicero-Devon in the 70s. There was also the predecessor to 211.
• "The short lived 155A" and 211  indicate there never was any  demand.
• There was the Pace proposal to route 215 to Jefferson Park via Pulaski*Peterson.
• Several of these bullet points indicate that if anything should be done, it shpuld be done by NITA, with a lot more thought than what you put into it.

[TaylorTank1229]

1 hour ago, Busjack said:

• Your history is wrong. There was the 14 N. Cicero-Devon in the 70s. There was also the predecessor to 211.
• "The short lived 155A" and 211  indicate there never was any  demand.
• There was the Pace proposal to route 215 to Jefferson Park via Pulaski*Peterson.
• Several of these bullet points indicate that if anything should be done, it shpuld be done by NITA, with a lot more thought than what you put into it.

Yeah. The 215 extension was for that CTA/Pace North Shore Coordination Plan, right? And it’s been years since the latest change took effect… which I think was the 215 (or partially took effect with buses going down Church Street instead of Golf Road). So I assume that project dead/abandoned at this point? 

[Sam92]

1 hour ago, TaylorTank1229 said:

Yeah. The 215 extension was for that CTA/Pace North Shore Coordination Plan, right? And it’s been years since the latest change took effect… which I think was the 215 (or partially took effect with buses going down Church Street instead of Golf Road). So I assume that project dead/abandoned at this point? 

Maybe on hold since COVID hit before they could finalize the later phases. The biggest elephant in the room seemed to be getting rid of #205 (and reducing 206 to school service that 213 couldn't pick up) which was inefficient compared to rerouting 208/213. Also pace made changes to 421-423 in response to the creation of 205 which added travel times so maybe since that route is gone other things might have taken priority with the pandemic limiting everything 🤷

[Busjack]

My response to the two above posts is in the NS Coordination Plan topic.

My only point here was to reply to @strictures's 53 extension point.

Back to that, it was Devon-Cicero, and apparently some other United or Nortran route, but here's the following from the 1973 map at irm-cta.org:

 

[jajuan]

Beach services now done as of this morning based on what's reflected on Bus Tracker. No surprise there since CTA has changed the service over the last couple of years at least to end in August instead of Labor Day and the earlier CPS school starts bringing earlier starts to fall pick. The only remaining summer extra services are the 10, the 130 and midnight service end on the 124 since those are explicitly stated to operate until Labor Day weekend. 

Not very many of the new updated schedules have been posted yet. Most notably no schedule updates are posted for the following:

• the beach service routes reflecting the end of the route extensions to the beach

• the four new Frequent Network routes, meaning in the case of the 53 and 82 no reference yet to the extensions to their routing

• 53A to show it now starts and ends at the Pulaski Orange Line station instead of 31st/Komensky (also Bus Tracker not yet updated to clip the route at the Orange Line)

• 93 to show it now has Sunday service again as of this morning 

[Transit Introvert]

2 hours ago, jajuan said:

• the four new Frequent Network routes, meaning in the case of the 53 and 82 no reference yet to the extensions to their routing

 

I just looked on ctabustracker.com & it shows 53 Pulaski trips operating to/from Ford City.

[Mr.NewFlyer1279]

8 hours ago, jajuan said:

Beach services now done as of this morning based on what's reflected on Bus Tracker.

#78 Montrose and #72 North Ave had beach shuttles running all day today, and it will be like that everyday until Labor day. 

[$100KBusoperator]

Alone else saw this ?

[Tcmetro]

1 hour ago, $100KBusoperator said:

Alone else saw this ?

This is from 16 years ago. The alderman and the neighborhood at the time were not supportive of the consolidation plan because it reduced coverage.

https://www.transitchicago.com/cta-reminds-customers-of-upcoming-service-changes/

[TaylorTank1229]

21 hours ago, jajuan said:

Beach services now done as of this morning based on what's reflected on Bus Tracker. No surprise there since CTA has changed the service over the last couple of years at least to end in August instead of Labor Day and the earlier CPS school starts bringing earlier starts to fall pick. The only remaining summer extra services are the 10, the 130 and midnight service end on the 124 since those are explicitly stated to operate until Labor Day weekend. 

Not very many of the new updated schedules have been posted yet. Most notably no schedule updates are posted for the following:

• the beach service routes reflecting the end of the route extensions to the beach

• the four new Frequent Network routes, meaning in the case of the 53 and 82 no reference yet to the extensions to their routing

• 53A to show it now starts and ends at the Pulaski Orange Line station instead of 31st/Komensky (also Bus Tracker not yet updated to clip the route at the Orange Line)

• 93 to show it now has Sunday service again as of this morning 

Also, I checked yesterday and bus stop signs along routes 53, 82 & 93 yet to have been replaced with new signs reflecting their new service changes.

[busfan2847]

On 8/17/2025 at 9:51 PM, Tcmetro said:

This is from 16 years ago. The alderman and the neighborhood at the time were not supportive of the consolidation plan because it reduced coverage.

https://www.transitchicago.com/cta-reminds-customers-of-upcoming-service-changes/

Specifically the 55W would not travel south of 59th so would not cross the BRC tracks. Service would have looped via Austin, 59th, Naragansett from and to 55th.

[Sam92]

On 8/17/2025 at 8:25 PM, $100KBusoperator said:

Alone else saw this ?

 

On 8/17/2025 at 9:51 PM, Tcmetro said:

This is from 16 years ago. The alderman and the neighborhood at the time were not supportive of the consolidation plan because it reduced coverage.

https://www.transitchicago.com/cta-reminds-customers-of-upcoming-service-changes/

 

3 hours ago, busfan2847 said:

Specifically the 55W would not travel south of 59th so would not cross the BRC tracks. Service would have looped via Austin, 59th, Naragansett from and to 55th.

Damn it's been 16 years? 🧓 But the point about the railroad tracks is spot on. I think it had something to do with delays but now they're considering trying again and this time adding 62H to the mix. They tried to cut 62H (or whatever number it was) back when the orange opened think but some politician insisted on service to Midway.

[Busjack]

31 minutes ago, Sam92 said:

They tried to cut 62H (or whatever number it was) back when the orange opened think but some politician insisted on service to Midway.

62H is only after the Orange Line. You might be thinking of Stevenson Express (99, 99M, 162, 164). 62H originally started at Pulaski station, but moved to Midway.