CTA calls on private companies to submit tech solutions to improve system – CBS News

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By Adam Harrington, Jason Cooper
Updated on: March 5, 2024 / 5:16 PM CST / CBS Chicago
CHICAGO (CBS) — The Chicago Transit Authority is trying something new to improve bus and train service for riders.
The transit agency on Tuesday launched what it calls the CTA Innovation Studio – calling for private-sector companies to submit ideas that could solve some of the CTA’s problems.
“The Innovation Studio provides a means of accelerating our efforts to address a variety of challenges affecting our day-to-day operations, ranging from our number one priority of safety to the customer experience and operational efficiencies,” CTA President Dorval Carter Jr. said in a news release. “And the first operational efficiency we are realizing with the launch of this program is the reduction of time it will take for us to begin real-world testing of cutting-edge technologies, which otherwise would take us months or years to bring to a reality.”
The CTA is asking developers to focus on three specific challenges.
A CTA panel will review any proposals in hopes of testing out new ideas by the end of this year.

Adam Harrington is a web producer at CBS News Chicago.
First published on March 5, 2024 / 3:18 PM CST
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