Proposed fare changes

As many of you know, the proposed CTA budget recommends increasing cash fares to $2 while keeping Chicago Card fares at $1.75. Reader Sam Smith suggested that

".. the changes to the fare structure should be accompanied by the installation of new transit card/Chicago Card machines throughout the city."

This week the CTA board approved a new project to do just that -- we want to make it easier to use Chicago Cards, which speed up boarding and reduce CTA's cash processing costs. See here for more details.