Cta Bus Tracker 77 (2024)

FAQs

How does CTA track buses? ›

CTA Bus Tracker uses GPS devices to report bus location data (and more) back to our CTA servers. We can then, in real time, show you where buses are on a map and estimate when they will arrive at your stop.

1-888-YOUR-CTATalk to a person at CTA, weekdays 7am to 5:30pm.

Each full CTA fare is $2.25 (for bus) and $2.50 (for rail), but there are ways to lessen the cost if you purchase a Ventra card or Ventra ticket (more on that below). Transfers are always free, so long as it's not for more than two additional L lines or bus routes, or lasting more than two hours.

As of Jun 29, 2024, the average hourly pay for a Cta Bus Driver in the United States is $19.81 an hour.

Bus shelter features

The push button is located inside the shelter, typically on the left front pole when facing the street, at a height of 42 inches above the ground—it also chirps occasionally letting riders who are blind or who have limited vision know that the shelter is equipped with arrival information.

You don't even have to use a card issued by us.

If you have a credit or debit card with the contactless payment symbol ( ), you can pay-as-you-go by touching your card to a reader or even create a Ventra Transit Account on that card, and load value and passes onto that.

Buses announce stops both audibly and visually on the bus. Enjoy your ride!

The CTA is continuing to upgrade the air-conditioning of its bus and rail fleets to improve customer comfort as summer temperatures remain high. This summer, 78 percent of the CTA's 1,908 buses are air-conditioned, compared to 49 percent last summer. All 1,190 of CTA's 'L' cars are also air-conditioned.

The system continuously collects location data from the tracking devices in each vehicle, then transmits this information to a secure, web-based platform or mobile app. This data is then used to monitor the location of each bus and its riders in real-time.

The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) is reminding transit users that bus fares return on April 1, 2023, for all buses and ADA paratransit in Connecticut. Fares have been suspended on all public transit buses in Connecticut since April 1, 2022, as a result of a state law Governor Lamont signed last year.

How many CTA bus routes are there? ›

CTA has 1,868 buses that operate 127 routes and 1,514 route miles. Buses make about 15,943 trips a day and serve 10,633 bus stops. On the rapid transit system, CTA's 1,480 rail cars operate eight routes and 224.1 miles of track. CTA trains make about 1,888 trips each day and serve 145 stations.

Note that your credit or debit card may be authorized for $5 when you first touch it to a fare reader, even though the actual fare is less. This is a temporary pre-authorization, and you'll only be charged the actual fare once it's reconciled in your payment account (this usually happens after about a day).

Cash can be used directly on buses and can be used at all Ventra vending machines to add value or passes to Ventra Cards or to buy disposable Ventra Tickets. You can also use cash to load value or passes at more than 1,000 Ventra retailers. See the above chart for fare information.

The 30-Day Pass costs only $75 and will replace CTA's current full-fare $88 Monthly Pass. The 7-Day Pass costs only $20. Both passes are valid for unlimited riding for the appropriate number of days involved.

GPS devices are installed within a bus and these devices transmit their location in real-time on a map. Details such as ETA (expected-time-of-arrival) can be calculated by using this data.

Using LocoNav's bus GPS tracker allows you to track and receive real-time updates of your bus fleet.

Each bus features both interior and exterior cameras. There are upwards of 12 cameras on each vehicle depending on model. CTA's fleet of buses have been equipped with multiple surveillance cameras since 2003.