Chicagoland transit, measured.
A neutral, public accountability tracker — funding, usage, hiring, and a job-access score — built on open data. Every figure shows its source and as-of date.
Funding
NITA / CTA / Pace / Metra budgets vs. actuals — where the money goes.
Mapping
Bus & rail usage against population, jobs, and destinations.
Hiring
Open reqs and understaffing tracked weekly into a vacancy trend.
Routes & stops
A foundation sample of CTA, Pace, and Metra routes and stops, served as vector tiles. Full networks land with the mapping pillar (v1.1).
- 24 routes · 881 stops across CTA, Pace, Metra
Route & stop data (table)
| Authority | Route | Name |
|---|---|---|
| CTA— 320 stops sampled | ||
| CTA | 1 | Bronzeville/Union Station |
| CTA | 2 | Hyde Park Express |
| CTA | 3 | King Drive |
| CTA | 4 | Cottage Grove |
| CTA | 6 | Jackson Park Express |
| CTA | 7 | Harrison |
| CTA | N5 | South Shore Night Bus |
| CTA | X4 | Cottage Grove Express |
| Metra— 241 stops sampled | ||
| Metra | BNSF | Burlington Northern |
| Metra | HC | Heritage Corridor |
| Metra | MD-N | Milwaukee North |
| Metra | MD-W | Milwaukee West |
| Metra | ME | Metra Electric |
| Metra | NCS | North Central Service |
| Metra | RI | Rock Island |
| Metra | SWS | Southwest Service |
| Pace— 320 stops sampled | ||
| Pace | 100 | Pulse Milwaukee Line |
| Pace | 101 | Pulse Dempster Line |
| Pace | 208 | Golf Road |
| Pace | 209 | Busse Highway |
| Pace | 210 | Lincoln Avenue |
| Pace | 213 | Green Bay Road |
| Pace | 215 | Crawford-Howard |
| Pace | 221 | Wolf Road |