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Chicago Transit Authority

LC control no.n 50048937
Descriptive conventionsrda
Corporate name headingChicago Transit Authority
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Variant(s)Chicago Transit Board. Chicago Transit Authority
CTA
See alsoHierarchical superior: Chicago Transit Board
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Beginning date1947
Found inIllinois. Laws, statutes, etc. Metropolitan transit authority act ... 1945.
Chicago Transit Board. Annual report, 1950: cover (Chicago Transit Board of the Chicago Transit Authority)
Chicago Transit Authority website, Sept. 28, 2006 (The Chicago Transit Authority is a municipal corporation that in 1947 became an operating entity chartered by the State of Illinois to operate and maintain a transportation system in the metropolitan area of Cook County. It is governed by the Chicago Transit Board, which consists of seven members appointed by the Governor of the State of Illinois and the Mayor of the City of Chicago. The Chairman of the Chicago Transit Board is elected from among the seven Board Members. The President of the Chicago Transit Authority is appointed by the Chicago Transit Board)