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Electric buses are coming to another CTA route. Riders on the 63rd Street bus on Chicago’s South Side will see some electric buses running this week. The route will be the second to get electric ...
Two CTA buses powered exclusively by batteries entered service Wednesday in a $2.5 million electric bus experiment that transit officials expect will be good for the environment, public health and … ...
Two electric buses rolled out Tuesday on the No. 63 route, one of the CTA’s busiest. It runs between 63rd/Stony Island and Midway Airport and is the second route to feature electric buses.
The CTA started experimenting with electric buses in 2014, and has developed a system it thinks will work as the transit authority moves to an all-electric fleet by 2040.
The CTA started experimenting with electric buses in 2014, and has developed a system that Hargrove says will work as the transit authority moves to an all-electric fleet by 2040.
The CTA said it plans to have a fully-electric bus fleet by 2040. Additionally, the CTA is also receiving a cash infusion from the federal government to stay afloat and help with day-to-day ...
CTA plains to have an all-electric bus fleet in the next 20 years. Six new all-electric CTA buses will be tested on the #66/Chicago Avenue route as the mass transit agency aims to switch to an all ...
Chicago Transit Authority plans to purchase 20 to 30 additional all-electric buses in the next few years after one year of operating two such vehicles, officials said. The all-electric bus is a 40 ...
The CTA already has 25 electric-powered buses, with three of its seven garages equipped with at least some electric chargers.
A Chicago Transit Authority electric bus charges in the West Side garage Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, in Chicago. No. 66 is the first of many routes that will be converted to battery power as the CTA ...
The Chicago Transit Authority received the largest grant in the state, nearly $29 million, which will help the CTA buy electric buses and modernize its electrical, communications and safety ...
A $58 million grant from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency will help bankroll the purchase of 58 new electric buses to be used by Pace and the Chicago Transit Authority.