You can also buy a transfer. It will deduct the. You can pay your fare in cash when you board the bus. You cannot buy a transfer with cash.
If you pay cash and want to transfer to another bus you will have to pay another fare. The driver does not have change. CTA fares. The CTA offers a bus and rail tracker here. You can find the bus stop number at the bottom of the bus stop sign.
The Ventra app also has an excellent transit tracker. You will be able to ride transit like a local and not deal with cash. You can add cash to your card through the app with your credit card. Use up the value and take your last ride with cash. When you leave you can throw the card away.
Do not board the bus and ask how much the fare is for your group and then pull a ziplock bag of money out of your fanny pack and slowly count out singles and then search for coins until you have the fare. Do not pull out a twenty and ask the drive for change.
Do not turn to the bus riders and yell out Does anyone have change for a five?! If you do not have correct fare go to Walgreens, or somewhere and buy something so the register will open and you can get change.
Then board the bus. Not being prepared to board the bus slows everything down. You will scan your fare card one time for each person. The driver will have to press a button after each fare so wait for the driver to tell you when to scan each time. Do not congregate at the front of the bus.
Do not block the aisle with your luggage at the front of the bus. You will not be murdered in the back of the bus or miss your stop if you are paying attention.
This blocks the ingress and egress of other riders and slows everything down. Many bus drivers do not live downtown. Look up where you are going before you leave or use your cell phone. Understand what streets you will be passing once you get on and where you should get off.
Use Google maps on your phone. Pull up the bus route map from the CTA website. Once you get on and the bus starts moving look at the display over the front of the bus or listen to the announcements. Follow the streets until the street you need to get off is coming up. As soon as the bus leaves the last stop before your stop pull the cord immediately to Request a Stop. Or follow your progress on Google Maps on your cell phone.
Know the exact address where you are going and figure out how to get there before you leave your location and certainly before you get on the bus. I have heard bus drivers give incorrect information. Or buy a Ventra card and load the Ventra app onto your phone. 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.
Reduced-fare monthly passes are available to senior citizens and passengers with disabilities. The CTA is proposing eliminating its cent transfer fee that applies to passengers transferring between buses and trains, and instead offering two free transfers within a two-hour window.
The CTA-Pace seven-day pass would also be reduced. The budget calls for no scheduled service changes, though there can be tweaks to train and bus runs any year, Steele said.
The plan includes continued preliminary work on a long-discussed extension of the south end of the Red Line , for which the CTA is counting on federal funding. It also includes improvements to the Forest Park branch of the Blue Line, expanding electric buses and work to make the CTA train system accessible.
Learn more Cash can be used directly on buses and can be used at all Ventra vending machines to add value or passes to Ventra Cards or to buy disposable Ventra Tickets. You can also use cash to load value or passes at more than 1, Ventra retailers.
See the above chart for fare information. You can buy disposable paper Single-Ride and 1-Day tickets at vending machines located in every 'L' station. Ventra Cards are used with transit value and passes for regular fares and transfers. Fare you load to your Ventra Card's transit account can be seen and managed at vending machines, online, in the Ventra app and by phone. New, plastic Ventra Cards can be purchased from vending machines at all 'L' stations and at more than 1, retail locations including drugstores, currency exchanges and more.
They can also be ordered online or by phone. Download the Ventra app to load an existing Ventra Card you have or add a new one to your device. Ventra readers can accept contactless payments directly from mobile devices, too! NEW: Transfers are available at the regular transfer rate, like with Ventra Cards, when riding using the PAYG fare option and continue to be free at designated free 'L' transfer locations.
Learn more about how contactless payments work with Ventra. Opens in a new window. Whenever you pay, take out and touch only your desired payment method card, ticket, mobile device, etc. Taking your card out makes sure that the payment method you intended to use covers every part of your trip. Tip: Never attach any cards that might be used for payment to your phone to then touch your phone when you board, such as bankcards with the contactless symbol, or Ventra Cards or Tickets from a vending machine.
You can even use the fare value from your Ventra transit accounts to buy mobile tickets for riding Metra trains right in the app. Download the app today!
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