Public Rides Data

Chicago transit, by the numbers

Frequent service reaches 35% of stops, and the typical midday wait is about 20 minutes. Service runs nearly around the clock.

Score 58/100 · sampled Wednesday, August 26, 2026 · how it's graded

Frequent service
35%
of 24,574 stops, every 15 min or better
Median headway
20 min
typical midday wait
Service span
28 hrs
first to last departure
Weekend change
-12%
Saturday vs weekday midday

Every stop, by frequency

24,574 stops on a weekday midday. Bigger dot, more service.

  • Very frequent ≤7 min 1,598
  • Frequent 8–15 min 6,900
  • Moderate 16–30 min 6,675
  • Infrequent 31–60 min 6,437
  • Sparse >60 min 2,964
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CTA + Metra + Pace GTFS cta (unversioned) · metra (unversioned) · pace 20260531 · sampled 2026-08-26 weekday midday · generated 2026-08-16 · methodology · raw JSON