We all know the frustration: you’re making great time on the bus until someone parks in the bus lane “just for a minute.” In Chicago, those minutes have added up to decades of declining speeds—but that’s about to change.

In part two of our Chicago series, we’re diving deep into the massive changes coming to the CTA and Pace bus systems. Thanks to the landmark NITA Act passed in late 2025, Chicago is receiving $1.5 billion a year in new funding to avoid the transit death spiral and—more importantly—to finally give buses the priority they deserve.

From automated camera enforcement to "orbital" lines that bypass the Loop, we’re looking at how Chicago is speeding up the least glamorous but critical piece of its transit system. Because at the end of the day, faster buses don’t just mean shorter commutes—they mean freedom.

In this video, we cover:

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