Dedicated bus lane planned for a stretch of Michigan Avenue that's one of the city's busiest bus corridors
The CTA plans to install a 1.5-mile dedicated bus lane on Michigan Avenue between Wacker Drive and Roosevelt Road to improve transit speed and reliability.
CTA bus travel in the South Loop could get faster and more reliable, thanks to a new dedicated bus lane that will be installed along a 1½-mile stretch between Wacker Drive and Roosevelt Road.CTA President Nora Leerhsen said that stretch of Michigan Avenue was chosen because it is one of the CTA’s most heavily traveled bus corridors, and can be heavily affected by Downtown congestion.Nearly 1,500 daily buses serve 22,000 weekday passengers along 21 routes on that segment of Michigan Avenue.Four…
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