Volume 1 May, 1948 NEW TROLLEY BUSES ON MONTROSE AVENUE LINE CONTINUING its program constructed of light-weight to provide the finest in local metal. Forced heating and transportation, the ventilating systems corurollcd Transit Authority began by thermostats, individual placing new trolley buses in lights over the seats, extra service on the Montrose wide aisles and convenient avenue line late in March, "lookou t" windows assure a These were the first of 210 comfortable ride for passen- such buses scheduled for gers. delivery to the CT A by mid- Safety features of the -lie';v summer of 1948. All trolley trolley buses include a co- buses assigned to Montrose ordinated dual braking sys- avenue are being equipped tem. The treadle-operated with fare boxes. to speed up center exit door is also inter- loading of passengers. locked with the accelerator The new trolley buses al·e so that the bus cannot be electrically operated. They put into operation if the exit sea t 44 passengers and are door is open. /?ides ReUde,.

ALL-EXPRESS "L" ON LAKE STREET

@TIfAINS ST()PAT AU EXCEPT "S" STATIONS. @TRAINS STDPAT AU. EXCEPT ,.. STATIONS.

CHICAGO TRANSIT line, to and from the Loop AUTHORITY'S first major and Forest Park station. improvement in elevated Speed and through serv- service was inaugurated early ice are only two of the ad- in April when the first all- vantages of the revised oper- express line was ating schedule. Service is placed in operation on the more frequent and passenger Lake street "L." capacity has been substan- In making this change the tially increased. CTA has set the pattern for In the rush hours, trains future improvements in operate three minutes apart rapid transit service on all and four minutes apart be- major "L" lines. tween the rush hours. Only express trains now West of Pulaski road, all operate on the Lake street trains make all stops. East of "L" from early morning un- Pulaski road, trains marked til early evening on week- "A" stop at "A" stations; days and Saturdays. All trains "B" trains at "R" stations. make all stops on Sundays. T~n stations which served There are 17 stops in the less than eight per cent of nine-mile route, excluding the daily riders on the Lake stops in the Loop. The trains street "L" have been discon- run the full length of the tinued.

H~ADLINE EVENTS Hobby Fair-2nd Annual Chi- cagoland Youth Hobby Fair, Served by Museum of Science and in- eTA LINES dustry, 57th and Lake Shore Driv~. (API'il 28 to May 16) Baseball-Chicago Cubs home games, Wrigley Field, Clark Grant Par k Attractions -Art and Addison. institute, Chicago Natural Hi s t o r-y Museum, Shedd Chicago White Sox home Aquarium, Adler Planetari- games, Comishe» Park, W. um, Buckingham Memorial 35th and South Shields. Fountain. eTA'S FIRST SUBURBAN BUS LINE THE FIRST suburban bus route of the Chicago Transit Authority was placed in operation late in March when buses were substituted for the "L" shuttle service, Skokie Branch. CT A bus lines have been operating short distances ou tside the city limits in some sections; however, this is the first suburban bus route. The new bus line provides frequent service between the Howard street "L" station FIRST Skokie bus placed in and Dempster street - Niles service by the eTA left Paulina and Howard at 12:01 Center road in Skokie by way a.m., March 27. of Howard street, McCor- mick road, Oakton street and Niles Center road. There is an urgent need for Adult fare between Skokie more motormen, bus opera'- and the Howard street "L" tors and conductors to oper- station, with a free transfer ate present equipment and between Skokie and Evanston- the new cars and buses which Wilmette is ten cents, and .are scheduled for delivery. five cents for children. These fares are iden tical to those in "Capable operating per- effect on the CT A's surface sonnel in adequate numbers routes in Chicago. is a basic requirement for satisfactory transit service," Because the buses serve General Manager Walter both local and suburban rid- J. McCarter said recently in ers, a special system of fare discussing the situation. collection has been intro- "CT A hopes to add 500 more duced. On eastbound trips, men to its present operating the passengers pay as they - enter. Westbound the fares force. It has been using every promotional method at its are collected as passengers command to recruit new em- leave the bus. ployes and will continue to do so. Many employes have 500 MORE helped in the campaign by OPERATORS NEEDED seeking workers among their ONE of' the most serious friends and re1atives." . problems still facing the Chi- cago Transit Authority is a Applicants are interviewed shortage of operating per- at the Emplovment Office, sonnel for' surface routes. 1165 North Clark street. IT'S A BIG JOB 4,592 CT A vehicles! , 1,300,000 passengers! These are staggering fig- ures but they tell an elo- quent story of the transit job CTA is doing during typical morning rush/periods. To move this tremendous mass of passengers from their homes to their jobs, CTA operates 2,425 streetcars, 903 buses a~d 1,264 "L;' cars. Again in the late afternoon and evening rush hours CT A vehicles are called upon to "Don't worry about atarting it transport these same people now; Dear - two more blocks and back to their homes. At we~lI be there." other periods of the day and night, thousands of Chica- goans and suburbanites are' CTA SERVICE ON carried to shopping districts, DEFINITE SCHEDULES amusement centers and vari- ous other locations through- STREETCAR, bus and ele- out the city and adjoining vated service of the CT A is suburbs by CTA. operated on time schedules 'This big rush hour job is that best suit the transpor- handled smoothly by 6,677 of tation needs of its riders. CTA's employes. Every effort is made to main- tain these schedules. NEW STREETCARS However, unusual traffic WIN AUTO DRIVER interruptions over which the NE\-\T streamlined streetcars Chicago Transit Authority are one of the many reasons has no control do occur from why Loop automobile driv- time to time, causing delays ers are changing to CT A to transit service. Fires, col- transportation. Here is a let- lisions between automobiles, ter from a passenger telling explosions, flooded under- why: "Recently I had the passes (this happened on the pleasure of riding to the "L," too), stalled trucks and Loop on one of your beauti- bad weather are a few of the ful new s-treetcars and I en- reasons why service may be joyed the trip 'every inch of delayed. the way. The car was very To aid passengers stranded comfortable to ride. by such traffic interruptions, "I usually drive to the emergency shuttle service is Loop, but after that pleasant provided by the CT A until experience, I have decided to regular operations can be re- use the streetcar hereafter." sumed. I ~83