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CTA plans citywide rollout of tactile blue bus‑stop signs; decal pilot to add route details
Summary
CTA reported a multi‑year plan to install tactile blue bus‑stop signs with raised lettering and braille at over 10,000 stops, a decal pilot to add route information at 100 stops, and an anticipated systemwide completion by early 2029 pending manufacturing and crew availability.
Jeremy Seffrens, senior manager for traffic planning at CTA, presented the agency’s tactile bus‑stop sign program and its next phases.
Seffrens said CTA installed more than 3,000 tactile blue signs during a pilot that began in July 2022, and that a June CTA Board contract will fund systemwide installation to reach more than 10,000 stops. The signs are blue panels mounted about five feet above ground with raised lettering and braille intended to help blind…
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