10 Cool Facts About The Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago, USA
Origin: 1859 horse car service begins
Ridership: 1.68 million per workweek
Vehicles: 1,865 buses and 1,356 rail cars
Routes: 126 buses and 8 trains
Trips: 19,000 buses and 2,250 per workweek
Stops: 11,104 bus stops and 145 train stations
Distance traveled: 1,354 miles of route and 224.1 miles of tracks
Service population: 3.5 million
Operating budget: $1.4 billion
Ranking: 52 busiest metro system
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