The CTA will test the performance of the buses over the next couple months. The electric buses will travel the busy route #66, along Chicago Avenue between Navy Pier and Austin Boulevard. The CTA ...

CTA has equipped three of its seven bus garages to handle all-electric buses. The additional buses are part of CTA’s march toward converting its fleet of more than 1,800 buses to electric by 2040.

The CTA started experimenting with electric buses in 2014, ... The No. 66 bus is packed on a recent weekday afternoon as it starts and stops its way from Chicago’s West Side to Navy Pier.

CTA taking 6 electric buses for trial run The prototypes are part of a green initiative by the CTA and are running on the #66 Chicago route between Austin and Navy Pier.

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The new fareboxes will first be installed on buses t hat operate out of the Chicago Avenue Garage on the West side – including the No. 12 Roosevelt, No. 20 Madison, No. 53 Pulaski, No. 65 Grand ...

The CTA started experimenting with electric buses in 2014, ... On each 10-mile one-way trip on the No. 66 route, the electric buses lose about 8% of their battery energy.

The CTA authorized exercising the contract option for the additional 40-foot buses, which are valued at $26.2 million. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. WATCH HERE ...