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CTA Transit Union Deserves No One’s Sympathy (Video)
UPDATE (1/21/10): A CTA union board member complained today in my comment thread that past union-member pay raises have been put instead towards health insurance and pensions–so they deserve raises...
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In Defense of CTA “Doomsday”
Today, at long last, comes the day Chicagoans have dreaded in one guise or another since the bad old era of the Blagojevich regime: CTA “Doomsday”. You might be surprised to learn I welcome it with...
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Misery of CTA Riders Has Company: San Franciscans Plagued By Ingrate Transit...
If you thought Chicago’s rogue bus union was an isolated incident of transit workers taking a very ill-considered stand against an entire populace of angry riders, you were wrong. The same sorry story...
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CTA Bus Tracker Vs. Union Negotiating Power
When CTA “Doomsday” finally arrived on February 7th of this year, eliminating 20% of Chicago bus service and 1,100 union jobs along with, I and many others condemned the union for forcing the service...
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How Long Have Riders Been in Danger on the CTA Orange Line?
(Image: Could this scene from the infamous 1977 Loop ‘L’ crash happen on the Orange Line? According to a recent CTA press release, you betcha’.) Last Tuesday (April 20th), the CTA announced it was...
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Are CTA Employees to Blame for Annoying New Warning Announcements on the ‘L’?
You’ve heard the strident, often angrily barked announcement emanate from overhead ‘L’ train speakers a thousand times by now: “Attention, customers, please do not attempt to board the train, doors...
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Daley Off the Rails on O’Hare Fast-Train Idea?
The result of Mayor Daley’s last attempt to link fast trains to Chicago airports? One fewer Loop ‘L’ station. Another year another dangerous Daley fast-airport-train plan? This week, the Chicago...
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Navigating Oprah Winfrey’s Michigan Avenue Closure on CTA
This content originally appeared on my former Chicagosphere online-media blog, hosted on the Chicago Tribune‘s ChicagoNow network. Whether you’re an Oprah Winfrey fan or not, if you’re traveling...
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Gov. Quinn to CTA Riders: Lower Fares More Important than Useful Service
(Graphic: Illinois Governor Pat Quinn’s 2010 CTA transit map?) I guess it must be something in the water. But as usual, another Illinois politician has decided that Chicagoans would rather have lower...
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Is RedEye the “New” CTA Tattler?
This content originally appeared on my former Chicagosphere online-media blog, hosted on the Chicago Tribune‘s ChicagoNow network. When ChicagoNow debuted in May 2009, Chicagoist called CTA Tattler one...
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