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Couldn’t you imagine the CTA Blue Line running like this? (Also posted on CTAStories.com) If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed![ READ MORE ]
In a Sun-Times report today, Monifa Thomas writes that the Chicago Transportation Authority mulled around some ideas to help get rid of its $97.5 million budget gap yesterday. One plan, she said, was to raise bus and train fares to $7 during rush hour. If the CTA did this, then any claims that Chicago is a “green” [ READ MORE ]
This is a huge pet peeve of mine. It makes the bus driver have to wait longer before moving, and more importantly, it pisses me off. That’s why it’s my latest CTA Pet Peeve. Why is it that every Tom, Dick and Harry feels that the only way off the bus is through the [ READ MORE ]
In my constant quest to improve my karma, here’s another edition of CTA Pet Peeves. CTA riders who cluster near bus and train doors piss me off. I don’t know what else to say. I shouldn’t have to shove my way through these people just to get off. (I am not, however, someone who waits until [ READ MORE ]
Hey, folks. I’m introducing (yet) another new feature on my site. I figure that since any hobo with a Web site in Chicago rant about the CTA, I should too. Without any further ado, here’s my first CTA Pet Peeve. (You can find them at CTA Stories as well.) Ever notice that CTA [ READ MORE ]
According to the CTA, the security needs of customers at the Belmont and Fullerton el stations needs to be re-evaluated. What are their findings? I guess nobody’s wigged out yet, because I didn’t see one cop in the entire station. Sorry for the CTA rant today, folks, but if you ever have a jolly [ READ MORE ]