Well, add the CTA! Our transit system is as much a part of our city’s history, image, and daily life as the cable cars are to San Francisco or the double decker buses are to London.

No matter how beautiful a city is, it is the people that make it memorable. CTA’s team of customer-driven and friendly transit professionals provides over 1.6 million rides a day throughout Chicago and 40 suburbs. Nobody does it better than the CTA. Our employees are committed to providing on-time, clean, safe and friendly service.

CTA carries Chicagoans and visitors to work, shopping and play. Our buses and trains can take you to work, museums, the lakefront, neighborhoods, sporting events and shopping all over Chicago and 40 suburbs.

CTA provides direct rapid transit service to both O’Hare International Airport and Midway Airport.

A variety of CTA services are available to you, whether you are traveling across your neighborhood or across town. The Chicago Transit Authority, the nation’s second largest transit system, delivers 1.6 million rides on an average weekday in Chicago and 40 suburbs. CTA’s more than 2,000 buses make about 1 million passenger trips daily serving nearly 12,000 bus stops. CTA's 1,190 rapid transit cars make make more than half a million passenger trips each day serving 144 stations.