Chicago Transit Authority
Merchandise Mart Plaza
P.O. Box 3555
Chicago, IL 60654

312-664-7200
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The following map illustrates those areas of Chicago that have easy access to public transportation. Easy access is defined as no more than a one-half mile walk from a bus route. Bus stop information is ignored. In cases of overlapping transit authorities, the transit system in review is shown in light purple and all other transit systems are shown in yellow. Source: Federal Transit Administration and Synergos Technologies, Inc.

The following tables and charts give a financial and operations overview of the public transportation network in Chicago. Source: Federal Transit Administration - National Transit Database (1996-1998) and Synergos Technologies, Inc.

System Wide Information

General Information Service Area Statistics  Square Miles  Population Service Consumption  Annual Passenger Miles  Annual Unlinked Trips  Average Weekday Unlinked Trips  Average Saturday Unlinked Trips  Average Sunday Unlinked Trips Service Supplied  Annual Vehicle Revenue Miles  Annual Vehicle Revenue Hours  Veh. Available for Max. Service  Veh. Operated in Max. Service  Base Period Requirement Financial Information Fare Revenues Earned  Directly Operated  Purchased Transportation    Total Fare Revenues Earned Sources of  Operating Funds Expended  Passenger Fares  Local Funds  State Funds  Federal Assistance  Other Funds    Total Operating Funds Expended Summary of Operating Expenses  Salaries, Wages and Benefits  Materials and Supplies  Purchased Transportation *  Other Operating Expenses    Total Operating Expenses  Reconciling Cash Expenditures Sources of Capital Funds  Local Funds  State Funds  Federal Assistance    Total Sources Uses of Capital Funds  Rolling Stock  Facilites and Other    Total Uses

1997 356 3,708,773 1,629,611,273 439,264,706 1,437,714 814,828 522,010 119,045,512 9,042,924 3,318 2,730 1,263 359,928,584 1,770,816 361,699,400 361,879,721 224,849,000 157,142,147 17,249,000 23,513,409 784,633,277 637,112,542 76,075,231 13,353,258 78,601,608 805,142,639 (34,224,401) 39,606,639 15,516,892 128,612,999 183,736,530 41,810,846 141,925,684 183,736,530

1998 356 3,708,773 1,672,006,928 445,313,180 1,452,127 839,084 530,609 121,979,654 9,509,983 3,560 2,929 1,258 363,342,431 1,672,804 365,015,235 365,207,778 233,304,065 159,699,714 5,383,978 50,789,936 814,385,471 628,305,567 94,252,571 27,968,893 64,062,151 814,589,182 (203,711) 37,081,669 10,304,997 83,042,571 130,429,237 38,507,519 91,921,718 130,429,237

Change Over Prior Yr 0 0 42,395,655 6,048,474 14,413 24,256 8,599 2,934,142 467,059 242 199 (5) 3,413,847 (98,012) 3,315,835 3,328,057 8,455,065 2,557,567 (11,865,022) 27,276,527 29,752,194 (8,806,975) 18,177,340 14,615,635 (14,539,457) 9,446,543 34,020,690 (2,524,970) (5,211,895) (45,570,428) (53,307,293) (3,303,327) (50,003,966) (53,307,293)