CTA

Goodbye to the Number 11

The No. 11 Lincoln bus pilot has come to the end of the line. The CTA plans to inform the transit agency’s board Wednesday that as of Sept. 1 it’s pulling the plug on a pilot of the Western-to-Fullerton leg of the route, which was axed in 2012 and revived in June 2016 on a […]

The #11 Lincoln Avenue Bus

The Number 11 Lincoln Avenue bus will soon go no further north than Fullerton. Another route will pick up at Western and go north on Lincoln. The central business district of South Lakeview, Lincoln Avenue, will have no convenient bus service. The cut goes into effect in December.  The CTA’s rationale is that the bus […]

South Lakeview Neighbors President at CTA ‘de-crowding’ hearing

“More than 100 CTA riders attended a public hearing Tuesday on a proposal billed as enhancing  bus and train service. But most people who testified denounced the crowding-reduction strategy as a trick by transit officials to slash much-needed bus routes.” Read more in the Chicago Tribune