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CTA plans systemwide tactile blue bus-stop signs, pilot to add route decals for visually impaired riders
Summary
CTA presented progress on a tactile blue bus-stop sign pilot and a planned systemwide rollout funded by an RTA grant; CTA aims to complete installations systemwide by early 2029 and will test route-direction decals and e‑ink where needed.
Jeremy Safran, senior manager of traffic planning at the Chicago Transit Authority, told the ADA advisory committee that CTA has installed more than 3,000 tactile blue bus-stop signs since July 2022 under an RTA grant pilot and that a June CTA Board contract will enable a full rollout to more than 10,000 stops systemwide.
“We were awarded a grant from RTA to pay for a pilot rollout, and since July 2022, we’ve rolled out over 3,000 signs on over 3,000 bus stops on 25 different routes,” Safran said. He added that…
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