Chicago Transit Authority

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The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), founded on October 1st 1947, provides bus and light rail mass transit services to the citizens of Chicago. The CTA was created by an act of the Illinois legislature, at the time of its formation [When was that?] it assumed operation of most of the city's local transportation services after it acquired the properties of the Chicago Surface Lines and the Chicago Rapid Transit Company.