Better Streets for Buses

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) and the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) have established the City’s first comprehensive framework plan to improve street infrastructure for public bus service: the Better Streets for Buses Plan.

This plan lays the groundwork for ongoing bus infrastructure improvements by establishing a network of corridors to prioritize, and a toolbox of street treatments to consider as solutions. The Better Streets for Buses Plan does not assign specific street treatments to corridors, but feedback gathered through the outreach process will help guide future bus priority improvements citywide.

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CDOT and CTA will continue to provide and publicize opportunities to weigh in on specific projects and overall implementation strategy. To keep up to date on Better Streets for Buses’ implementation and receive notifications of any related public meetings and comment opportunities, please sign up for the project email list by sending an email to [email protected] letting us know you would like to be added.

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If you are not able or prefer not to use the internet, you can also call 888-YOUR-CTA (888-968-7282) to be connected with someone from the Better Streets for Buses project team.

Better Streets for Buses Network

	Extents	Main Routes
35th Street	31st/Cicero to 35th/Cottage Grove	35
55th Street/ Garfield Boulevard	Cicero to S Hyde Park	55
63rd Street	Cicero to Stony Island	63
79th Street	Cicero to South Shore	79
95th Street	Western to 92nd/Buffalo Avenue	95/100/112/N9/N5 Pace 353 and 381
Ashland Avenue	Irving Park to Beverly/104th	9/X9
Chicago Avenue	Austin Boulevard to Fairbanks	66
Cottage Grove Avenue	35th to 115th	4/X4/115
Fullerton Avenue	Grand/Nordica to Halsted	74
Halsted Street	Waveland to 127th	8/8A/108 Pace 352 and 359
Irving Park Road	Cumberland to Marine Drive	80
Jeffery Boulevard	67th to 103rd/Stony Island	J14/15
Michigan Avenue	Oak St to Chicago Avenue	143/146/147/148/151
Michigan Avenue	Roosevelt to 35th Also includes Indiana between 31st and 35th	1/3/4/X4
DuSable Lake Shore Drive (DLSD)	Grand Avenue to Foster Also includes Marine Drive from Foster to Irving Park and North Lake Shore Drive (Inner Drive) from Irving Park to Belmont	134/135/136/143/146/147/148
DuSable Lake Shore Drive (DLSD)	Roosevelt to 67th Also includes Columbus from DLSD to Roosevelt	6/J14/26/28 Pace 850/851/855
Pulaski Road	Peterson to 87th	53/53A
Roosevelt Road	Central to Columbus	12
Western Avenue	Howard to 79th	49/X49/49B