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Commented on How do you deal with the obnoxious passenger? in CTA Tattler
I observed an interesting situation at the bus stop last week. A casually dressed woman in her early 20s was waiting and along came a odd 30-something guy who may have been drunk or high (at 9 a.m.) or just...
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Commented on More details on new rail cars due later this year in CTA Tattler
Having come from NYC 2 decades ago, I'm familiar with the aisle facing seats and would welcome them here over the current double seats which cause added inconvenience when entering and exiting. Wider aisles are an added plus....
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Commented on CTA to extend canopy roofs at Belmont, Fullerton stations in CTA Tattler
There may be 12,000+ entries into Fullerton & Belmont on a given day but that overlooks the thousands more who use those stations as a transfer point. Just sayin'....
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Commented on Planning your CTA train entrance with an exit strategy in mind in CTA Tattler
Brown line toward the loop to Kedzie, Francisco or Rockwell: first car; from the loop: last car....
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Commented on Max-capacity rail cars maxed out by CTA in CTA Tattler
Mystery solved. Going back to the story about the Maximum-capacity rail cars (thanks for the link)it turns out that three pairs of rail cars were converted. Thus there are six cars which explains how I've seen 4 MAX cars on...
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Commented on Max-capacity rail cars maxed out by CTA in CTA Tattler
Three cars? Ha! I have seen 4 cars labeled MAX on a single run: the first two and the last two. I'd like to know what's up with that. At first I avoided the MAX cars like the plague because...
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Commented on CTA girding for a new $35 million whack; service cuts loom in CTA Tattler
Cancel the free rides for seniors. A "means test" would be far worse; seniors who were frugal and saved for their old age are loath to subsidize the rest. (Remember how they attacked Rostenkowski over Medicare catastrophic care?)...
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