Comments on: CTA’s Holiday Homeless Harassment

By: I think I’m out and then…. | Our Man In Chicago

I think I’m out and then…. | Our Man In Chicago — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 00:49:00 +0000

[...] Doyle wrote about the CTA’s plan to eject the homeless from its cars. But that was originally a post Doyle wrote for his own site Chicago Carless, which proves its writers save their best work for other places (or cross-post it). *** Who’s [...]

By: Richard Duda

Richard Duda — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:06:16 +0000

Great point about Howard, Ken. I ride up to Howard from a few stops south — only occasionally — when I know that I want to go to a Loop L station and the Purple Line is running. (Besides, I like that “express” trip, since it reminds me a teeny bit of the 4-track lines there.)

By: Richard Duda

Richard Duda — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:59:01 +0000

Bravo! Vomiting partiers, venomous preying and vociferous preachers are very much NOT always preferable to venue-less people.

By: Charles Joseph Smith

Charles Joseph Smith — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:43:01 +0000

The rule-breaking is, if I were a CTA employee, is called “train-jumping”, similar to the violation of fare-jumping…of course, going under the turnstile or jumping over it without paying the fare on a train station is ,of course, “blatant fare-jumping,” which will likely get you under arrest and you will be likely be fined up to $300 for violating the Chicago Municipal Code. But “train-jumping”…I think there is racial profiling for violators, especially Blacks. If they get threatened with a $300 fine for “train-jumping”, or, in dangerous cases, a lifetime “ban” from riding the CTA buses or trains……this is going to make them think twice before doing this again. Therefore, to prevent lawsuits against the CTA, the CTA should be much clearer in this new “no-train-jumping” decree…that is, who is clearly exempt, and who is violating it.

By: Snowy CTA Night with Coalition for the Homeless

Snowy CTA Night with Coalition for the Homeless — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:25:49 +0000

[...] this month, I blogged at length about a new Chicago Transit Authority initiative to roust homeless riders from late-night ‘L’ trains during frigid Chicago winters when such riders take to the rail system seeking warmth. The [...]

By: Cannon

Cannon — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:36:48 +0000

When CTA personell encounter a homeless person the control center is notified and the homeless person is referred to people who can help. The homeless person I spoke with said these shelters are full of ” bullies” who take their money and other belongings, so he does’nt go to them anymore. The only time people MUST leave a train is at the end of the line. Trains usually must enter a railyard in order to be sent back the other way. For safety reasons only CTA personell or authorized persons can enter railyards. It is extremely dangerous to untrained individuals in these yards. Also not all trains are sent back, some are taken out of service at the end of the line for various reasons.
The fact is people are not paying extra fares at the end of the lines, homeless or not. I ride the Red line every day and on several occassions I have seen people sit in seats soaked in urine from the homeless person who just got up. I won’t mention what else they leave for you to sit or step in. So yes, it’s a big problem for riders and the CTA. I don’t know if the signs will help. Seems impossible to inforce. I also don’t want to see homeless people forced out into the cold. I’m glad I’m not the CTA.

By: Chicago Sun-Times Examines CTA Homeless Harassment

Chicago Sun-Times Examines CTA Homeless Harassment — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:26:11 +0000

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