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People wear mask as they get off the bus at a bus stop in Chicago, Friday, May 8, 2020.

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In another sign that things are getting closer to normal in the Chicago area, the CTA and Pace will start collecting bus fares again, and the CTA will end rear-door boarding. Hill noted the CTA had agreed to increase the “standee line,” or how far passengers have to stand back from drivers, to more than six feet.

(Chicago Transit Authority) The Chicago Transit Authority announced it will end its temporary rear-door bus boarding policy and revert to regular front-door boarding and fare collection beginning Sunday. Riders board a bus at the CTA Red Line station at 95th Street in Chicago on Feb. 8, 2019. The CTA will require customers to enter buses via the front door and pay fares starting Sunday, while the Pace suburban bus service resumes fare collections Monday. CTA and Pace buses will begin collecting fares again, as riders slowly return to public transit Jun 19, 2020 Pace said it is still waiving fares on City …

Unlike CTA buses, most Pace buses do not have rear doors, but the agency waived fares to prevent people from bunching at the front of the vehicle.

The ability to hold the line on fare increases in 2020 comes despite years of declining CTA ridership.

“Safety is our No. Both agencies had waived fare collection as a way to protect operators and passengers from the coronavirus. Pace ridership has gone from from being down to 75% of normal in April to being down 60% in the last week, according to spokeswoman Maggie Daly Skogsbakken. Empty-nesters and young people drawn to the city may leave because they, too, no longer feel safe.Black Lives Matter to Lightfoot: Unrest won’t end until ‘the safety and well-being of our communities is finally prioritized’"When protesters attack high-end retail stores that are owned by the wealthy and service the wealthy, that is not ‘our’ city and has never been meant for us," the group said in a statement. No More Free Rides: CTA Brings Front-Door Bus Boarding Back Sunday.

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But since the agency started rear-door boarding in April, the state and the agency have adopted other ways of keeping people safe, including providing masks for all drivers, requiring that passengers be masked, and implementing new cleaning technology, said CTA spokesman Brian Steele. "Everyone" will never stand up and accept blame.The exhibit places historical artifacts of the Apsáalooke tribe alongside art from its contemporary culture. CTA ridership is down about 80%. CTA and Pace said they will stop rear-door boarding and resume fare collection this weekend. Overall rail and bus trips dropped 77 million from a peak in 2012 of 545.6 million rides to 468.1 million rides in 2018 — a 14% decline.Ridership is expected to drop another 11 million rides in 2019, and predictions for 2020 shave off an additional 8.2 million rides, according to CTA officials.The CTA attributes the losses, in part, to cheap gasoline and the proliferation of ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft.The public will be able to weigh in on the proposed budgets at a public hearing at 6 p.m. Nov. 13 at CTA headquarters, 567 W. Lake St.Know about breaking news as it happens. The last fare increases the CTA rolled out were in 2009 and 2018 — raising the price of riding a bus or a train by a quarter each time.

We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. Sign up for the Pace said it is still waiving fares on City of Chicago Taxi Access Program or TAP trips. “We don’t want a resurgence of COVID in our membership.” Of the local union’s 7,000 members, five have died of COVID-19, Hill said. To learn more or opt-out, read our The announcement Thursday comes despite declining CTA ridership.Attention CTA riders: The CTA will not be raising fares or cutting service next year.The welcome news was part of the transit agency’s proposed $1.57 billion operating budget announced Thursday.The budget is $18 million more than its current budget due to increases in labor and security costs.It includes money to begin adding elevators to the 42 CTA rail stations that still do not have them.The CTA also proposed a $5.1 billion infrastructure plan that would span five years and include money for new rail cars and buses, as well as money to remove slow zones.The infrastructure budget includes $310 million for engineering and design work that will, one day — when federal funds are secured — extend the Red Line by 5.3 miles to 130th Street.The last fare increases the CTA rolled out were in 2009 and 2018 — raising the price of riding a bus or a train by a quarter each time.

Patty Wetli | June 19, 2020 3:03 pm. Transit agencies saw a sharp drop in ridership as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and the state’s stay-at-home order, but passengers have begun to slowly return.