Public transit (buses & trains) & Chicago (intersection of tags)
55 Public transit (buses & trains) posts • 930 Chicago posts • 42 in common
- Who supports the CTA, Metra and Pace?Northeast Illinois is in desperate need of additional funding. On September 4, 2007 the Illinois House of Representatives voted on bill SB572, which would have raised $400 million for operating costs for the CTA, Metra, and Pace. But the bill…
- Short and simple rules for photographing the CTA Chicagoist recently made a long post about the photography rules on the CTA and how they are still convoluted. Here’s my short and simple interpretation of the rules: No tripods No cables No lights No obstruct transit operations No interfere…
- Ask the CTA to get a txt message alert systemAfter the two-hour delay Chicago commuters experienced this morning on the purple, red, and brown lines; I suggest you send an email to: [email protected] Here’s my letter. Feel free to copy and send it to the CTA. The more voices,…
- CTA: The place to connectOn a quiet, loaded rush hour El (Chicago transit train), there were two older people that were networking, talking business, and exchanged business cards. The usual daily rush hour train in Chicago is a silent box filled with sleepy workers…
- 97 spiders found at Chicago’s Paulina CTA stationWhile waiting for the brown line train to arrive at midnight, I counted the number of spiders waiting in their spider webs with me. 97. And that wasn’t the entire platform, there was about 25% of the area that I…
- Save the CTA: Postcard Campaign The Chicago Transit authority is going to do some major service cuts if they don’t get $55-million from the Illinois government. (background stories if you haven’t heard about it: Chicagoist, Chicagobusiness.com, CTA.) I’m going to mail a series of postcards…
- CTA customer service A letter I sent to the Chicago Transit Authority yesterday. ======== Dear CTA Customer Service, I’m writing to let you know that I appreciate what your customer service did for me on the phone today. My monthly CTA Chicago Card…
- What type of train rider are you? This applies to Chicago’s mass transit system. (The metra has a different system) Front and back car: not in a rush, easy going Middle car (where most CTA exit stairways are): In a rush. Packed. On a mission–wanting to be…
- the bouncy ball on the trainIt was funny to watch people on the Chicago elevated mass transit train watch a bouncy ball roll across the floor. It simply captivated everyone’s attention. Observing the ball roll up and down the floor of the train as it…
- bus advertisingthe Chicago cta buses and trains interior advertising areas have a lot of empty spaces lately. Looks like an ample opportunity for some artists to post their work
- CTA toy busThis morning on my bus ride to work, I was standing below the speaker on a overstuffed bus with people. Every time the bus would accerlate, a weird high pitch buzz would emit from the speaker in the ceiling. Then…
