The CTA has trained a generation of engineers through its technical institute, the Aeronautical Technology Institute ( Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica-ITA ).

However, competition with Cellophane was an obstacle to its sales, and in 1935 it founded British Cellophane in conjunction with the Cellophane Company and its French parent company CTA.

While working at the CTA Focke also developed the BF-1 Beija-Flor ( hummingbird ) two-seater light helicopter from 1954, which made its first flight at Sao Jose dos Campos on 22 January 1959.

Chicago Transit Authority, also known as CTA or Transit Chicago, is the operator of mass transit within the City of Chicago, Illinois and some of its surrounding suburbs.

The CTA sells transit cards online, at its headquarters, and at all rail stations.

The Red Line was created in 1993 when the CTA adopted color-coded nomenclature for all of its ' L ' routes.

In 1979, the City began the Southwest Transit Project, which proposed extending the CTA ' L ' system to the Southwest Side of Chicago over existing railroad rights-of-way and newer elevated connections along the very busy Archer-49th-Cicero Corridor from the Loop to its originally planned terminus at Ford City Shopping Center.

The express service has often been targeted for elimination during service purges due to its " auxiliary " nature compared to other CTA rail lines, the rationalization being that there are readily available, albeit slower, alternatives along its entire route.

The service cuts were scheduled to be implemented on September 16, 2007, but the CTA received a last-minute $ 24 million advance on its 2008 operating subsidy, postponing the changes until November 4, 2007.

However, this is merely a study and the final form of the Circle Line and its effects on current CTA rail service, if the project begins at all, remain to be seen.

Also, until its destruction in 2006, the gothic architecture Hayes-Healy Athletic Center adjacent to the CTA Fullerton ' L ' Station ( similar in design to the still-present Cortelyou Commons next to Wish Field at Cacciatore Stadium ) was also part of the Seminary campus.

However the Chicago Transit Authority ( CTA ), with 483 LFS units in its active bus fleet, remains one of the larger Nova Bus operators.

The Belmont CTA Station on its northeastern edge next to the Kennedy Expressway at the intersection of Kimball Avenue and Belmont, less than three blocks away from St. Hyacinth's former mission of Our Lady of Lourdes, while the Addison CTA Station is located in the median of the same expressway adjacent to the neighboring Villa District.

The CTA 2600 series cars were finished in 1987, and were the last railcars to be built by Budd before its railcar business was shut down altogether that year.

In recent years, and in spite its strength as the only labour representative in many forums, the CGT has faced growing opposition from other trade unions, such as the CTA, or the left-leaning grassroots organisations of unemployed people known as Piqueteros ( Picketing Men ), groups first in evidence during the Menem years which have since become tenuously allied with the Kirchner administrations.

Despite its popular support, officials from CTA and Metra have largely dismissed the plan, focussing on other expansion projects.

As a compromise, the railroad gained approval to cut back its service to the Desplaines Avenue station in Forest Park — the westernmost terminus of CTA Garfield Park service, after the CTA ended its unprofitable elevated train service on the CA & E's Westchester line in 1951.

A fatal accident in 1977 involving a severely intoxicated Korean immigrant who attempted to urinate on the third rail at the Kedzie station eventually resulted in a famous Illinois Supreme Court decision in 1992 affirming a verdict of $ 1. 5 million against CTA.

-- In Today's `` Voice '', the CTA is urged to reduce fares for senior citizens.

Why should CTA regular riders subsidize reduced transportation for old people any more than the people who drive their own cars or walk to work should??

CTA regulars already subsidize transportation for school children, policemen, and firemen.

Located in São José dos Campos, the CTA became the focal point for the arms industry.

Hedge fund advisers registered as Commodity Pool Operators ( CPO ) or Commodity Trading Advisors ( CTA ) would fall within this category, as would any manager of a hedge fund investing in markets under the CFTC's jurisdiction, even if they qualify for an exemption from CPO or CTA registration.

Only two prototypes were ever built, and one was publicly displayed for historical interest at the RISC OS 2001 show in Berkshire, England ; the remaining cases were bought by CTA Direct who sold them off to the public.

Chicago Transit Authority Chicago ' L ' trains use elevated tracks for a portion of the system known as the Loop ( CTA ) | Loop, which is located in the Chicago Loop Community areas of Chicago | community area.

Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Development ( CTA ).

Dwyer was charged with agreeing to receive kickbacks worth $ 300, 000 in return for using his office to steer the contract toward CTA.

Additional CTA bus services, paid for by the University of Chicago:

However, as seen in the aftermath a case where the characters for shoe company Skechers's children's shoe commercials were adapted into a full-length series, Zevo-3 for Nicktoons, effectively cable networks usually use FCC rules as a basic guideline and rarely stray away from the basic tenets of the CTA to avoid risking their reputations with parents, consumer advocates and other groups which would argue for equivalent FCC controls for cable networks as broadcast networks for children's content.

Computed tomography angiography ( CTA ) is an alternative to traditional angiography and can be performed without the need for arterial catheterization.

The CTA provided a total of 620. 5 million rides in 2011, a 3 percent increase over 2010 with ridership rising to levels not seen for 20 years.

The Chicago Card ( along with the Chicago Card Plus ) is a contactless smart card, powered by RFID, used by riders of the Chicago Transit Authority ( CTA ) to electronically pay for bus and train fares.

* Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU ( CTA )

A CTA link-up option is also available for purchase.

During an alternatives analysis meeting on April 11, 2007, CTA narrowed further study down to five possible routes, two for bus rapid transit and three for heavy rail ( rapid ) transit.

This imbalance of service allowed the CTA to develop a more efficient system by combining the more heavily used rail lines together, and the weaker lines with each other, providing increased service capacity for the routes that need it.

Evanston is also served by six CTA bus routes as well as four Pace bus routes.

In 2005, the CTA embarked on a project to replace six deteriorating viaducts on the Evanston branch of the Purple Line.

* Halsted ( CTA North Side Main Line station ), on what is now part of the Brown Line

Mass transit CTA and suburban Pace buses connect with many Metra stations downtown and in the suburbs.

Chatham has a stop on Metra's Metra Electric commuter rail line, which provides daily service between downtown Chicago at Millennium Station and the southern destinations of University Park and Blue Island, as well as many CTA bus and train stops.

Though no arrest was made, many within the CTA assumed that it had been carried out by supporters of Dorje Shugden.