Comments on: CTA to Downtown Chicago: “Drop Dead”

By: CTA Ignores Transit Needs of Downtown Residents

CTA Ignores Transit Needs of Downtown Residents — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:46:37 +0000

[...] ‘L’ service on Lake Street and Wabash Avenue to speed up track work. I and others lambasted the plan, and it was revised. Unfortunately, it was only revised to miss the downtown festival season. [...]

By: CTA Personnel on Downtown Diversions: “We Have No Idea”

CTA Personnel on Downtown Diversions: “We Have No Idea” — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:11:29 +0000

[...] 2005 (2) ← CTA to Downtown Chicago: “Drop Dead” No CTA Backup Plan Leads to Loss of Loop ‘L’ Service [...]

By: Charles McPhate

Charles McPhate — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:03:40 +0000

I’ve been irritated about all this Red Line subway closure nonsense for months now, and to hear that they’re closing down most of the elevated stations near my home really makes me reconsider my past admiration for the job Huberman’s been doing.

This is the busiest area of the city, especially during the summer with nearly non-stop weekend and evening events. And here we have CTA shutting off access to the heart of the city, leaning on the perennial claim that we can take buses.

Buses? I rode an express bus down Lakeshore a few months ago and swore I’d never get on another one of those damned things. My ass still hurts!

Why isn’t Alderman Reilly stepping in and making as much noise about this as he is the Children’s Museum’s proposed move to Grant Park?

By: CHICAGO CARLESS

CHICAGO CARLESS — Sun, 11 May 2008 20:01:45 +0000

No CTA Backup Plan Leads to Loss of Loop ‘L’ Service

(Photo: And the sucking sound gets louder before a single weekend has passed…) Just in from the Chicago Tribune: “A cable fire near some Loop elevated tracks late Saturday forced the CTA to shut down all elevated train service…

By: CHICAGO CARLESS

CHICAGO CARLESS — Sun, 11 May 2008 19:56:19 +0000

CTA Personnel on Downtown Diversions: “We Have No Idea”

(Photo: And the sucking sound turns out to be immediate…) No sooner do I complain about the CTA’s vert short-sighted decision to shunt all almost all Loop bound ‘L’ service to a single pair of tracks for most evenings…

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Sun, 11 May 2008 18:55:47 +0000

“The CTA workers thanked me for doing their job.”

This is the most pathetic part of this. Huberman promised us better communication, and yet the CTA workers don’t know the system well enough to help stranded customers.

By: Nate

Nate — Sat, 10 May 2008 00:08:05 +0000

Ugh. And to think, after moving to State and Randolph from the late night transit desert of Streeterville this past weekend that I’d be all set for transit only to have the CTA slap me in the face. I hope I see Huberman out this weekend at Sidetrack so I can give him a piece of my mind.