Powering Our Transit Future. Connection. Investment. Vision.

Powering Our Transit Future strategic plan

Share Your Input and Help Power Our Transit Future!

CTA is launching its first-ever comprehensive, long-term strategic planning effort. The “Powering Our Transit Future” plan will set our agency’s strategic direction over the next several years.

We want to hear from you.

It’s important for this process to be driven by you–the riders and communities we serve.  Take a brief survey about your CTA experience and what types of transit service(s) you want to see in the future.

Take the Public Input Survey 

Responda la encuesta de opinión pública 

Sign up for updates

Sign up to receive updates on the strategic planning process—including community forums, listening sessions and other public events to be scheduled through spring 2025.

Sign up for emails 

Strategic planning overview

We have identified three overarching goals to guide the planning process:

  1. Develop a coordinated, proactive framework for decision-making, policy development and strategic investments.
  2. Articulate a clear, direct vision for our riders, our employees, elected officials and other stakeholders on future investments and objectives for transit in the region.
  3. Establish specific outcomes and metrics for progress guided by principles of equity, sustainability, accessibility, and rider and employee experience.

We aim to release the final “Powering Our Transit Future” strategic plan in the second half of 2025.

We look forward to partnering with riders and other stakeholders across the region to develop a bold, equitable, pragmatic and detailed plan to deliver a world class transit system for all.

News & info

CTA Launches Long-Term Strategic Planning Process, “Powering Our Transit Future” (10/9/24)

System status snapshot
‘L’ route status
Red Line
Normal Service
Green Line
Normal Service
Orange Line
Normal Service
Pink Line
Normal Service
Purple Line
Normal Service
Yellow Line
Normal Service
Bus routes w/alerts
Elevator alerts