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CTA outlines data‑driven effort to upgrade inaccessible bus stops; 115 stops improved in 2025
Summary
CTA traffic planning described a bond‑funded, data‑driven bus stop accessibility program that upgraded about 115 stops in 2025 (300+ since inception); program uses MOBEC prioritization, annual inventory and coordination with CDOT.
Wynton Shipley Mullen of CTA traffic planning summarized the agency’s stop accessibility program, which targets bus stops that lack a clear, firm surface for ramp deployment or are otherwise too narrow or uneven for accessible boarding.
"We visit every bus stop in the CTA system at least once a year," Shipley said, describing field inventories of shelters, signs and the physical condition of waiting areas. CTA classifies stops as fully accessible, unpaved (insufficient concrete or grass area) or…
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