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Information for Chicago’s subway and rail system isn’t necessarily easy to get to; however, there’s the best Chicago transit app for that! With a Chicago subway map app for Android.
Chicago-based web developer Adrian Holovaty has integrated the Chicago Transit Authority's bus and el route map with Google Maps.
After the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) assumed control of the L in 1947, it demolished seven entire lines and branches. This map from the period of 1944 shows the design of the time.
Studying subway maps around the world results in one conclusion: Chicago's subway design sucks.
How to Navigate Chicago’s Transit System Bianca Jortner explains how to get around Hyde Park and the rest of Chicago for cheap (or for free).
Chicago arguably has one of the best subway systems in the country, thanks to the hard-working men that paved the way to its opening 79 years ago today, on Oct. 16, 1943.
Chicago’s subway debuted 75 years ago with a ribbon-cutting and speechmaking, a parade and a bit of hyperbole contributed by the Tribune. “It is perhaps the most glorified hole in the ground ...
The Department of Transportation (DOT) said Thursday that it is awarding $35 million to the Chicago “L” subway system to help pay for service improvement on the nation’s third busiest public ...
New York City just announced a bold new plan to install platform doors in its subway system. Now some are asking, why can't the CTA do the same?