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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Tom Krisher | AP

CTA adapting to keep electric buses running during Chicago winters

No. 66 is the first of many routes that will be converted to battery power as the CTA moves to all-electric by 2040. (AP)

The No. 66 bus is packed on a recent weekday afternoon as it starts and stops its way from Chicago’s West Side to Navy Pier.

The seats and windows squeak and rattle just like a regular diesel bus, but no one seems to notice the high-pitched whine of the electric motor that makes it go.

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