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  "textContent": "<p>The Chicago Transit Authority is expanding its no. 10 bus route to service the Obama Presidential Center that's expected to open in June.</p><p>The seasonal bus route that currently runs express between Water Tower Place and the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry will, beginning May 23, reach nearly a mile farther south to the Presidential Center, according to the CTA.</p><p>The revised route — to be renamed the no. 10 Obama Presidential Center/Museum of Science & Industry Express — will run year-round instead of being limited between Memorial Day and Labor Day.</p><div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-hangRight> <div class=\"Enhancement-item\" data-crop=\"\"> <figure class=\"Figure\"><a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"image-880000\" name=\"image-880000\"></a> <picture data-crop=\"medium\"> <source type=\"image/webp\" width=\"490\" height=\"275\" data-srcset=\"https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ec140f3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/773x434+0+435/resize/490x275!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F42%2F35%2F33cc5f0b454fb69e12023176be57%2Fscreenshot-2026-04-09-at-12-36-00-pm.png 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8e2e92c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/773x434+0+435/resize/980x550!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F42%2F35%2F33cc5f0b454fb69e12023176be57%2Fscreenshot-2026-04-09-at-12-36-00-pm.png 2x\" data-lazy-load=\"true\" srcset=\"data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" /> <source width=\"490\" height=\"275\" data-srcset=\"https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0ba705d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/773x434+0+435/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F42%2F35%2F33cc5f0b454fb69e12023176be57%2Fscreenshot-2026-04-09-at-12-36-00-pm.png\" data-lazy-load=\"true\" srcset=\"data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" /> <img class=\"Image\" alt=\"CTA no 10 bus route\" srcset=\"https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0ba705d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/773x434+0+435/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F42%2F35%2F33cc5f0b454fb69e12023176be57%2Fscreenshot-2026-04-09-at-12-36-00-pm.png 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/68fe9f3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/773x434+0+435/resize/980x550!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F42%2F35%2F33cc5f0b454fb69e12023176be57%2Fscreenshot-2026-04-09-at-12-36-00-pm.png 2x\" width=\"490\" height=\"275\" data-src=\"https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0ba705d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/773x434+0+435/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F42%2F35%2F33cc5f0b454fb69e12023176be57%2Fscreenshot-2026-04-09-at-12-36-00-pm.png\" data-lazy-load=\"true\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" > </picture> <div class=\"Figure-content\"><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\"><p>The CTA is expanding no. 10 bus route to provide service to the Obama Presidential Center.</p></figcaption><span class=\"line\"></span><div class=\"Figure-credit\"><p>Screengrab from CTA board meeting livestream</p></div></div> </figure> </div> </div><p>The CTA expects ridership on the new route to triple to around 450 daily riders, Molly Poppe, CTA's chief innovation officer, told the CTA board on Wednesday.</p><p>Service will run about every half hour from roughly 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., she said.</p><p>Other bus and train service currently services the area near the Presidential Center includes: the no. 2 Hyde Park Express, no. 6 Jackson Park Express, no. 15 Jeffery Local, no. 28 Stony Island, no. 59 59th/61st and no. 63 63rd. </p><p>The Metra Electric District Line also stops nearby at the 59th St.-Univ. Of Chicago and 63rd Street Metra stops.</p><p>Tickets for the Obama Presidential Center go on sale to the general public May 6. The campus is scheduled to open June 19.</p><div class=\"RelatedList Enhancement\" data-module data-align-center> <div class=\"RelatedList-title\">Related</div> <ul class=\"RelatedList-items\"> <li class=\"RelatedList-items-item\"> <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/architecture-design/2026/04/04/obama-presidential-center-replica-oval-office-michael-smith\" target=\"_blank\" >Obama Presidential Center’s replica Oval Office is nearly complete</a> </li> <li class=\"RelatedList-items-item\"> <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/museums-zoos/2026/04/06/dates-for-ticket-sales-announced-for-the-obama-presidential-center\" target=\"_blank\" >Obama Presidential Center museum ticket sales go live May 6</a> </li> </ul> </div> <p></p>",
  "title": "CTA expanding bus service to Obama Presidential Center",
  "updatedAt": "2026-04-09T19:06:45.526Z"
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