Doors open on the right at Sidekicks.” Give props to Thrillist this week for creating one of the most useful CTA maps since, well, ever. The site knocked together a map of the entire CTA system ...

An Uptown artist plans to unveil a large-scale oil painting of a CTA service map Thursday. Jeffrey Littleton of the Uptown Arts Center said he spent 150 hours on the 8-foot-by-5-foot piece ...

At the announcement this morning, Google brought with it some color to CTA headquarters, even beanbag chairs. The partnership puts a map of the entire CTA system on the shiny, user-friendly ...

Boston did it in 1965. Transit historian Graham Garfield said colors began to appear on CTA maps in the '70s, but were not used to identify the lines, which still bore names such as Howard ...

So, what if Wright had designed the CTA's route map? British cartographer Max Roberts has created a gorgeous interpretation, using Wright's popular Arts and Crafts typography and colors.

For years, he was the creator of one of the most iconic and useful guides in Chicago history: the color-coded map of the CTA’s L lines. His vast output also included the Chicago Bike Map ...

Author, map enthusiast and transit design historian Mark Ovenden was recently in Chicago to discuss the Chicago transit, CTA design and the latest edition of his Transit Maps of The World book.