The No. 66 bus is packed on a recent weekday afternoon as it starts and stops its way from Chicago's near west side to Navy Pier along the Lake Michigan shore. The seats and windows squeak and ...

Electric buses are coming to another CTA route. Riders on the 63rd Street bus on Chicago’s South Side will see some electric buses running this week. The route will be the second to get elect… ...

The CTA started experimenting with electric buses in 2014, ... A Chicago Transit Authority electric bus charges in the West Side garage Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, in Chicago. | AP.

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In 1930 the electric streetcar ruled Chicago. ... but was not tied to tracks — the trolley bus. These two types of buses were used as extensions and supplements to existing CSL lines.

The Clean Bus Program covered the cost of Herscher’s 25 electric buses, priced at about $375,000 each, and provided $450,000 for chargers and related infrastructure.

Old bus retirement: RTA will eventually retire its fleet of Electric Trolley Inc. buses, which have been on the road since 1998 and plagued by multiple problems over the years. Credit: File Photo ...

The No. 66 bus rattles just like a regular diesel bus on Chicago's west side, but no one seems to notice the high-pitched whine of the electric motor that makes it go.