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PREA Prez (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Roberto Clemente High School sits on the corner of Western Avenue and Division Street. To the west on Division is the gentrifying neighborhood of West Town and a stretch of upscale eateries. To the east is Humboldt Park, a neighborhood of clearly defined gang territories. Monday, the Chicago Transit Authority made major service cuts. The cuts [...]
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Chicago Transit Authority and its unions agreed to possibly meet later this week to try to negotiate a quick end to service cuts that are forcing riders to wait longer in freezing temperatures for packed buses and trains.
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Chicago Transit Authority's "Doomsday" schedule was implemented yesterday, but today is supposedly the day where riders will feel the cuts in service . I'm of the opinion CTA wasn't doing a bang-up job maintaining its bus routes and schedules when they had a full service schedule — a friend Saturday called CTA the "Chicago Tardiness Authority" — but I have to...
Musical Stew Daily (Free subscription) | 02/05/2010
Performing the Spencer Davis Group’s classic. From 1968.
World (Free subscription) | 02/05/2010
Starting Sunday, Chicagoans will have to wait a little longer for a bus or train and will find it harder to get around late at night thanks to major service cuts and layoffs being implemented by the Chicago Transit Authority.
Seattle Transit Blog (Free subscription) | 02/05/2010
New route, PT 446, serves South Hill Mall area. Federal money for RapidRide C (West Seattle). I believe this was already factored into the budget and shouldn’t impact Metro’s budget crisis. Arguing over the C Line’s route. County Council finalizes the guidelines for the Regional Transit Task Force. Eastside HOT Lane study is complete. Bellevue just beginning to think about [...]
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 02/05/2010
CHICAGO - Clarence Ervin had panhandled on Chicago Transit Authority trains all night, and he looked like it. Cold...
Vote with Your Feet (Free subscription) | 02/05/2010
Crash diagram from the police report The CTA cuts a check for a smashed car, but is a rogue bus driver still on the job? by John Greenfield [this article also runs in this week's Time Out Chicago , http://timeoutchicago.com.] Two days before leaving his North Center ’hood to move to the West Coast, corporate trainer Jason William Power fired a parting shot at the Chicago Transit Authority. In...
Eddie's Rail Fan Page (Free subscription) | 02/04/2010
One of My all time personal favorites in My collection of bus photos I had taken, was this one at the CTA Route # 52 Kedzie / California Avenue south terminal loop. Seen here in it's last year of operation, is a mid 1960's era Chicago Transit Authority Flxible 40 foot transit bus. The remaning 1960's vintage Flxible transit buses, would be retired from the CTA roster in 1986.
Eddie's Rail Fan Page (Free subscription) | 02/04/2010
I photographed this digital live sound video after work one evening, back in April of 2009. This 40 foot Chicago Transit Authority 2006 New Flyer transit bus, is viewed heading southbound on Dodge Avenue near Oakton Street in north suburban Evanston Illinois. The bus is viewed passing underneath the CTA Skokie Swift rapid transit line.
Eddie's Rail Fan Page (Free subscription) | 02/04/2010
I took this photo inside of the Illinois Railway Museum's bus barns. This 1951 vintage General Motors TDH Series "Old Look" 40 foot transit bus, had originall worked for one of the Chicago Transit Authority's predecessor companys known as The Chicago Motor Coach Company. The Chicago Transit Authority was formed in the year of 1945, and actually began operations in 1947 with the purchase of...
THE METHODS REPORTER (Free subscription) | 02/04/2010
Last minutes union bus driver & motorman wage concessions remain the only thing which might prevent the Chicago Transit Authority from pink-slipping more than one thousand. suntimes.com (Like this story? Click the headline to vote it up on WindyCitizen.com)
IF! (Free subscription) | 02/01/2010
Artist Joe Baldwin and the Chicago Transit Authority have come together to imagine a new way to promote Chicago's green spaces. With the Mobile Garden concept, flat cars will be added to Chicago Transit Authority trains that will play host to native species of plants which require little maintenance. [via Treehugger]
Treehugger (Free subscription) | 02/01/2010
Image via Mobile Garden The Mobile Garden concept dreamed up by artist Joe Baldwin just got the thumbs up from the Chicago Transit Authority. The plan is to add some green space to the transit system by transforming a rail car into a mobile garden boasting greenery and native species. The car will help commuters "visualize the possibilities for enhancing green space in the city," as Hugh...
Tiny Mix Tapes (Free subscription) | 02/01/2010
Midlake Courage of Others [Bella Union; 2010] by Jason P. Woodbury Rating: When Midlake released The Trials of Van Occupanther in 2006, the fact that their album was so AOR-indebted was hardly noteworthy. Plenty of indie acts were mining similar ground — tell me Sufjan’s “Chicago” doesn’t sound a little like Chicago or that The Flaming Lips' At War With the Mystics wasn’t...
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parth | 01/23/2010
Chicago CTA Guide: Chicago Transit Authority Maps & Information | Full List of CTA Train Schedules The CTA is a municipal corporation that started operations on October 1, 1947 upon the purchase and combination of the transportation assets of the Chicago Rapid Transit Company and the Chicago Surface Lines streetcar system. Each guide has general route information, timetables (both for the route and
purpledarts | 08/22/2009
Has anyone heard the new Bill Champlin album "No Place Left To Fall? His solo music is fantastic! I got turned onto his music when I went to see Chicago recently (he just left the band after 28 years to pursue his solo career). Guess he’s been around a while as I found out that he co-wrote (and won a Grammies for…) “After the Love is Gone” by Earth, Wind & Fire and “Turn Your Love Around” by George
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