The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is distributing free Travel Healthy kits to customers as part of its ongoing efforts to welcome riders back to transit.
The Travel Healthy kits feature a two-ounce bottle of hand sanitizer, a reusable cloth mask and a guide for healthy riding tips. The kits will be available at several of CTA’s highest-ridership rail stations and bus terminals beginning June 23.
“As the city reopens and CTA welcomes customers back, we want to encourage everyone to continue to follow the healthy habits we’ve all learned since mid-March,” said CTA President Dorval R. Carter, Jr. “Wearing a mask and using hand sanitizer are two simple and effective ways to help keep yourself and your fellow customers healthy.”
The Travel Healthy kits is the latest of several efforts by CTA to provide a healthy, comfortable environment for customers. Over the last several weeks, CTA has implemented a number of practices to benefit customers, including bus crowding management; bus and train capacity limits (15 customers on a standard 40-foot bus; 22 customers on a 60-foot articulated bus and per rail car); and a new ridership dashboard providing an overview of available capacity for each of CTA’s 127 bus routes by hour.
CTA is also continuing its enhanced cleaning regimen. Buses and trains are cleaned before service and while in service and receive regular deep cleanings of their interiors. New technologies including electrostatic sprayers and antimicrobial coatings are being used to further enhance cleaning and disinfection. Rail stations are cleaned daily and regularly power washed.
