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The new Ventra app — Easier. Use your own contactless bankcard Pay-as-you-go without having to create a Transit Account Add passes and transit value at Ventra Vending Machines or participating Ventra Retail Locations To learn more about using a contactless bankcard for payments, click here This symbol means your card is contactless. Disposable contactless paper tickets available at CTA rail stations Tap and board CTA trains and buses Single-ride ticket 50 cents limited use fee applicable One-day ticket Cash still accepted on buses.

Good for unlimited rides for one person for 24 hours from first use. Good for unlimited rides for one person for 7 days from first use. The promotional fares will be available for purchase at Ventra Vending Machines at CTA rail stations, on the Ventra app, Ventra website, over 1, retail locations, and by calling Ventra All fares.

How to ride the CTA. Find free movies, concerts, lectures, plus discounts on entertainment and events in Chicago. Entertainment and Arts. Find free days at museums, plus free and discount special events and Chicago attraction discounts.

Museums and Attractions. South Shore Line fares are based on distance traveled. Visit nictd. CTA and Pace Cash is accepted on buses, no transfers are issued when paying in cash. Effective February 1, Weekdays Grade school and high school students. Valid school ID needed with cash. Metra Half Fare a.

Grade school and high school students. Valid school ID needed when purchasing and using ticket. When you board the L move away from the doors. Do not congregate at the front. The same rules apply to the L as to the bus. Know where you are going. If you get bad directions and ride the L you could end up in a bad area. CTA bus drivers do not know where everything is and the most expedient way to get there.

The CTA has bus routes serving 10, bus stops. I have witnessed bus drivers giving people incorrect information or tell riders they do not know how to get somewhere. As noted the CTA goes virtually everywhere. Some trains traverse unsafe areas and it may be safer to ride the bus through those areas. Some buses traverse unsafe areas and it may be safer to travel via taxi or Uber.

Read your guidebook and look at a map before just hopping on. Thieves will grab your stuff just as the doors are closing and run off the bus or train. Bye bye. Covid : The L is still mostly deserted due to Covid. Crime has increased exponentially. Also sit in the first car where the driver is in case of trouble. Some L platforms can be deserted at off hours, on weekends and on holidays.

If my plane lands after 6PM on a weekday I take the airport shuttle or a taxi downtown. Some people feel comfortable riding the L at all hours. Find free movies, concerts, lectures, plus discounts on entertainment and events in Chicago.

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