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Close-up of a doll with wide eyes and blonde hair, expressing shock, captioned "When you don't let others off before boarding"
Four construction workers wearing safety vests and helmets stand on Green Line track under repair on a sunny day.
Between October 15, 2025, and the end of May 2026, ABLE systems on buses captured a total of 21,686 warnings and violations
Red Line Strawberry Tres Leches Pop: Tres Leches ice cream inside a strawberry shell with red line sprinkles
Person waving a rainbow flag and holding a fan while riding a miniature CTA bus float during a lively Pride parade.
CTA employees wearing shirts that read, "All Aboard" walk alongside a mini CTA bus at the Chicago Pride Parade.
Chicago Transit Authority group marching in a pride parade holding a blue banner that says, 'Thanks for riding!'
Acting President Nora Leerhsen speaks at a CTA podium at the Damen Pink Line station.
Mariachi band in traditional white charro suits with red ties posing with two women in colorful folkloric dresses and CTA Acting President Nora Leerhsen on a train platform. A 4000-series rail car is behind them.
Acting President Leerhsen talks with employees.
Walking along a train platform at night at 69th station.
Tie inserter working at night
Hand holding a special-edition blue Ventra card reading 'Bring Change Home' in front of the Obama Presidential Center under a clear sky.
Popular meme from the movie The Devil Wears Prada. The top image features two women. One says, "Did you..." The bottom image features one woman wearing a sun hat and sunglasses. A CTA bus pulls up to Chicago's North Avenue beach in the background. The woman responds, "Take CTA's beach service? Yeah, I did."
CTA Acting President Nora Leerhsen stands with an employee in front of a Red Line shuttle bus.
CTA Acting President Nora Leerhsen shakes hands with another CTA employee wearing a reflective vest. A CTA bus being used to shuttle Red Line riders is in the background.
Five people wearing safety helmets and reflective vests stand on gravel between railway tracks during construction.
Acting President Nora Leerhsen and three other CTA employees walk along tracks at a construction site inside a tunnel with flashlights. They're all wearing reflective vests, hard hats, and safety goggles.
CTA Acting President Nora Leerhsen installs a colorful advertisement inside a train.
Digital display on a gas pump showing the cost of 8.495 gallons of gas is an arm and a leg.
DJ wearing a patterned bucket hat and dress mixing music on turntables in a dimly lit studio with red neon lighting located inside the 95th Red Line station.
Calling all artists & performers
Millennial Social Team "The CTA operates one of the nation’s largest public transportation systems. On an average weekday, 1,042,505 rides are taken on CTA. The CTA is a regional transit system that serves 35 suburbs, in addition to the City of Chicago, and provides 86 percent of the public transit trips in the six-county Chicago metropolitan area either with direct service or connecting service to Metra and Pace." Gen Z Social Team "lowkenuinely goated way to travel in Chicago"
A 2400-series railcar is stopped at a train platform. A sign on the front of the train states, "This train stops at 35 for Cubs-Sox baseball today."
Instead of: “They’re taking the easy route” Try: “The path to their destination is as easy as boarding a CTA train”
Stop using anti-train language
Some of the women who drive the CTA posing with the award.
Free Naloxone (Narcan) available on CTA Reverses opioid overdoses and saves lives Available at the following CTA stations: Red Line: Wilson, 47th, 95th/ Dan Ryan Blue Line: Jefferson Park Green Line: Harlem Lake Pink Line: Central Park
A blue button with a figure of a pregnant person reads, "Baby on board! Could we please sit down?" Passengers are seated on a CTA bus in the background.
Shovels laid in a row, with heavy construction equipment in the background
A crowd listening to speakers under a large white canopy
Holding shovels
Cartoon Earth and CTA logo characters high fiving with text saying I rode the CTA on Earth Day.
Vertical Screens Transport for London
System improvements inspired by other agencies for World Public Transport Day
September 4000-series train
May Non-articulated bus
January 7000- series train
Your month = Your CTA icon!
Brown dachshund resting its head on the edge of a black animal carrier inside a CTA train.
April 2026 Board Meeting Recap
Limited-edition White Sox themed Ventra card reads, "This train stops at 35th for White Sox baseball today"