Mayor Rahm Emanuel joined Chicago Transit Authority President Forrest Claypool September 30 to unveil the first of 400 Light Emitting Diode (LED) Bus Tracker displays that will be installed at select JC Decaux bus shelters throughout all 50 Aldermanic Wards.
The displays will provide four lines of text via CTA Bus Tracker with bus arrival information, and eventually important customer alerts affecting the respective route and surrounding transfer points. The LED signs will be installed on the sides of bus shelters and face outward to serve as many riders as possible – both those at the stop and within the vicinity of the shelter.Installation of the first 150 signs is underway, and will be completed by March 2012.
The full list of locations for the first 150 signs is posted on the CTA’s web site, http://www.transitchicago.com/sheltersigns/#loc.
The locations were selected based on ridership, stops serving multiple bus routes, bus-to-bus transfers, and locations providing transfers to Metra and Pace.
After testing, the remaining 250 signs will be installed by September 2012.
Funds for the purchase and maintenance of the signs are made available through $1.4 million of CTA funds, a $1.8 million Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) grant and a $640,000 Federal Transit Adminstration, Congestion Mitigation and Quality (CMAQ) grant.
The Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT), which oversees the JC Decaux contract and maintains the public right of ways, will be the CTA’s partner in the operations and maintenance of the LED screens.
In Chatham, LED screens will be installed at the 79th & King Drive bus shelter for Route # 3 going northbound, at the 79th & Cottage Grove bus shelter for Route # 79 going westbound, at the Cottage Grove & 79th Street bus shelter for Route # 4 going northbound and at the Cottage Grove & 87th Street bus shelter for Route # 4 going northbound.
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