"Going Public" rounds up the CTA news of the day.
>> A woman was fatally struck by a Red Line train Monday at the Berwyn stop. Here's a look at what happens after a person is fatally struck by a train.
>> On Thursday, hundreds of members of the Transportation Equity Network will rally at local unemployment offices in 14 U.S. cities to call for increased transit funding as a path to job creation and economic growth, according to a press release.
Chicago isn't on the list of cities, which include Atlanta; Buffalo, NY; Eau Claire, Milwaukee and Madison, WI; Honolulu; Kalamazoo, MI; Kansas City; Los Angeles and Oakland, CA; Portland, OR; St. Louis; Toledo, OH; Washington, DC
>> Who loves virginity on the CTA? Take a look at these new ads "GP" has spotted on subway platforms for the upcoming Will Ferrell movie about young men losing their virginity. Appropriate topic on the CTA?
Bus bunching is of particular concern to some CTA riders. ZBIGNIEW BZDAK / TRIBUNE FILE
Few riders e-mailed votes for Going Public's fourth annual Rotten Route contest to celebrate, or rather castigate, the worst bus route of the fleet--maybe because some riders switched to trains or others have sweetened on their ride.
"Going Public" rounds up some CTA news you may have missed this past weekend.
>> Two people were hurt when a car ran a red light and hit a No. 66 Chicago bus early this morning, ABC7 reports. The driver is in custody.
>> A man and a woman were stabbed Sunday at the 95th Street Red Line station, the Sun-Times reports. That station has a police unit on site. Here are some other crimes that have allegedly occurred at that stop.
>> Alleged robberies on the Orange Line Friday, Chicago News Report reports.
>> Gibson.com, the guitar Web site, ranks the top 10 bands that formed in college. One of the bands was Chicago, which came together at DePaul. The site looks at how Chicago wanted to be called Chicago Transit Authority but the CTA wouldn't allow it.
>> Former CTA board member Howard Medley, who was convicted in late 1980s for taking a bribe from a CTA vendor, speaks out in wake of Gov. Blagojevich verdict.
>> HBO is advertising its new Prohibition-era drama in CTA bus shelters. Check out the innovation of these shelters and others.
Last week, "Going Public" named the Wilson Red Line stop the winner of the second annual Crust Station contest to "honor" the grossest CTA stop. The Wilson stop won last year as well.
Though the reader vote for Wilson was overwhelming, not everyone thought the Red Line station should have won.
Two readers wrote to "GP" to argue against the Wilson decision. Read these letters after the jump.
Welcome to the eleventh installment "Rider's Digest," a feature devoted to what people are reading on the CTA. Please post what you read this week on the CTA in comments.
Rebecca Perlow, 27, of Alsip who describes herself as a bibliophile, sometime freelancer and full-time art hag, has been keeping track of what people are reading on the CTA on a weekly basis. Follow her here on Twitter.
Below is her 11th dispatch. Click here for all her dispatches. Photos are courtesy of Amazon.
Gallery sneak peek (52 images):
View the gallery...
A federal appellate court this week overturned a lower court's decision to dismiss a case involving a former CTA carpenter who claimed a 2006 incident involving sexual harrassment created a hostile work environment.
Cynthia Berry, who was hired by the CTA in 2002, said she was sitting at a table in 2006 when one of her co-workers told her to move so he and other CTA employees could play a card game.
She refused to move, and a CTA electrician then engaged in "grabbing her breasts and lifting her up from the bench. Holding her in the air, he rubbed her buttocks against the front of his body--from his chest to his [privates]--three times before bringing her to the ground with force," according to the complaint.
When his parents came to visit last month, David Franken of Uptown said he wanted to take them on a tour of the city to show them all that Chicago had to offer.
Gallery sneak peek (23 images):
View the gallery...
For years, the CTA has described itself as "rapid transit." But now, in a new ad, the CTA promises to "mosey" you to the city's country music fest in October.The
definition of mosey: "to wander or shuffle about leisurely; stroll; saunter."
What do you think? Does the CTA mosey you along or get you to your destination rapidly?
Tribune reporter Josh Noel wrote a column in Monday's paper about an experiment he tried: Picking up transit cards off the ground to see if there was any money still left on them.
Noel found one card with $14.25 on it and another with $13.25 on it. He even found a Chicago Card that had not been cancelled.
Have you ever picked up a transit card off the ground? Did it have money on it?
Don't expect the Orange Line to fly to Midway.
