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Performance Metrics

Performance metrics are designed to measure the Chicago Transit Authority’s success in meeting its goal of providing on-time, clean, safe, efficient and courteous service.

Transit Asset Management

Transit Asset Management (TAM) is a business model that prioritizes resources based on asset conditions and performance to provide safe, cost-effective, and reliable public transportation. TAM is also the subject of a set of new federal regulations and reporting requirements with which CTA must comply beginning in October 2018. Beyond ensuring compliance with federal requirements, the goal of the TAM Plan is to improve the quality of information available to optimize the allocation of maintenance and capital planning & investment resources.

PDFTransit Asset Management Plan

Performance reports

Reports measure CTA’s performance in its six core areas of service:

  • Ridership
  • On-Time
  • Efficient
  • Safe
  • Clean
  • Courteous

Reports from previous years

Legend

Monthly performance metric reports include year-end target figures, definitions and color-coding indicating the status of each performance indicator:

  • Green: meeting or exceeding target
  • Yellow: within 10 percent of target
  • Red: missing target by more than 10 percent
  • Grey: measure does not have a target

Ridership reports

The latest available and historic data are available in our ridership reports.

System status snapshot
‘L’ route status
Brown Line
Normal Service
Green Line
Normal Service
Orange Line
Normal Service
Pink Line
Normal Service
Purple Line
Normal Service
Yellow Line
Normal Service
Bus routes w/alerts
Elevator alerts