City of Chicago

CTA Fare Media Sales Outlets

Physical locations where CTA fare media were sold before the Ventra card system launched in July 2014. Each record identifies the business name, street address, city, state, zip code, and phone number.

Example records
NamebrandLocation TypeindustryAddressaddressCityaddressStateaddressLongitudegeospatialLatitudegeospatial
103rd & Michigan CurrencyCurrency Exchange103rd & MichiganChicagoIL-87.62016641.707496
111th & Michigan CurrencyCurrency Exchange111th & MichiganChicagoIL-87.6210541.692788
Howard Rail StationRail StationChicagoIL
Use cases

Retail Network Footprint Reconstruction for Fintech Underwriting

A fintech lender evaluating a currency exchange chain for a small business loan uses the outlet list and location types to estimate the historical retail footprint of that business category in Chicago, informing revenue potential and market saturation assessments before the Ventra transition.

NameLocation TypeAddressCityLatitude

Fraud Pattern Baseline for Cash-Intensive Business Screening

A bank compliance team screening new account applications from currency exchanges and convenience stores cross-references applicant addresses against this historical outlet registry to verify whether a business claiming a long-standing Chicago presence actually operated at that location before 2014.

NameAddressCityStateLocation Type

Insurance Territory Pricing for South and West Side Commercial Corridors

A commercial property insurer building a historical risk model for Chicago neighborhood retail corridors uses the geospatial coordinates and business types to reconstruct pre-2014 retail density, helping calibrate underwriting assumptions for areas where currency exchanges were a primary financial services outlet.

LatitudeLongitudeLocation TypeAddressCity
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