Comments on: BREAKING NEWS: CTA May Cease Operating in 2010

By: The Urbanophile » Blog Archive » Midwest Miscellany

The Urbanophile » Blog Archive » Midwest Miscellany — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:32:37 +0000

[...] the agency, with a projected $213 million deficit. Buckle up, it’s going to be a bumpy ride. (Commentary on this from Chicago [...]

By: SusanK

SusanK — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:26:24 +0000

Privatize the CTA. Problem solved.

By: Barton

Barton — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:10:54 +0000

“Cutting back” or “ceasing operation” are things I am tired of hearing about. CTA and the outrageuous taxes are really making me think about leaving Chicago for someplace better. Which is sad because after 20 years I love this town with every fiber of my being, but the QUALITY of living is losing out to the COST of living. I can no longer afford my humble existence in the City of Big Shoulders.

By: Robert Salm

Robert Salm — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:00:31 +0000

I believe the article was written to convey that the RTA, as an entity, would cease to exist, which wouldn’t be such a bad thing since the RTA does very little for the CTA. I mean, we’ve had the Chicago Card since 1999, and ten years later, the RTA can’t assemble enough branding know-how and technical largesse to link three systems together to create an RTA ridership card?

By: wonder

wonder — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:56:00 +0000

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By: Benjy

Benjy — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:14:10 +0000

Make those freeloading seniors pay double!

In all seriousness, I’m not sure the true impact of Blago’s seniors ride free stunt, but I’m sure it is not helping the CTA budget and threatens a system of transit that the entire region’s economy depends on…

By: Geoff

Geoff — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:29:42 +0000

There will be money for transit in the Olympic plan, it just wasn’t included in the bid. Hilkevitch explained it in his article in the 2/15/09 edition of the Tribune:

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Opportunities for more transportation improvements exist, but officials were not permitted to include them in the Chicago 2016 proposal to the International Olympic Committee released Friday because the projects currently are not funded.

There’s no guarantee holding an Olympics will yield buckets of federal money. But the promise of millions of dollars for Chicago-area mass transit emerging in the economic stimulus package, plus a reauthorization of multiyear transportation funding for the nation in the fall, could hardly come together at a better time for a city competing to host an international event.”

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-olympics-transportation-15feb15,0,5090334.story