The Chicago Transit Authority announced this week it will close out 2025 with several additions to its service.<\/p>\n
The Frequent Network, which launched in March to provide riders on key routes with buses operating at least every 10 minutes, will expand to include four bus routes, according to a press release.<\/p>\n
This fulfills the agency\u2019s promise to expand its Frequent Network to 20 bus routes by the end of this year.<\/p>\n
The final four routes, along with an extension in services for other routes, will take effect beginning Sunday, the agency said.<\/p>\n
The expansion means an estimated 70% of the CTA service area is now within half a mile of a frequent bus route, the release said.<\/p>\n
\u201cEarly this year, we committed to riders that we would expand the Frequent Network to 20 routes by year\u2019s end, and I am thrilled that we are fulfilling that promise,\u201d said acting CTA President Nora Leerhsen in the statement.<\/p>\n
The Frequent Network provides service every 10 minutes or less between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekends.<\/p>\n
The four routes joining the Frequent Network include:<\/p>\n
The CTA will be extending the following routes:<\/p>\n
And the following routes will be enhanced, the agency said in the press release.<\/p>\n