MRChiCity Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 Good evening, I would like to know if any CTA operators on the forum got assigned to routes that went through or near any of the CHA housing projects, when they were still up? If so what was it like? Did the passengers cause any problems such as trying to dodge fairs? Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 Good evening, I would like to know if any CTA operators on the forum got assigned to routes that went through or near any of the CHA housing projects, when they were still up? If so what was it like? Did the passengers cause any problems such as trying to dodge fairs? Thank you Well, for me I had a snowball with a rock in it thrown at me at the projects on Western/Jackson while working #126 Jackson. To this day I still cant understand the mentality of a person to do such a thing! It didn't hit me but it blew past my nose and hit the driver side window. I wanted to jump out and beat that punk so bad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 Always fare dodgers! Trying to sneak on the bus, entering through the back doors and on and on!!! I also had a snowball with a rock in it thrown at me at the projects on Western/Jackson while working #126 Jackson. To this day I still cant understand the mentality of a person to do such a thing! It didn't hit me but it blew past my nose and hit the driver side window. I wanted to jump out and beat that punk so bad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRChiCity Posted May 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 Well, for me I had a snowball with a rock in it thrown at me at the projects on Western/Jackson while working #126 Jackson. To this day I still cant understand the mentality of a person to do such a thing! It didn't hit me but it blew past my nose and hit the driver side window. I wanted to jump out and beat that punk so bad! Giving new meaning to "Rockwell gardens," did you ever work the division street route when Cabrini Green was still up? Any other operators current or former have similar stories about working routes through former CHA projects when they were still up? Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strictures Posted May 16, 2014 Report Share Posted May 16, 2014 Not in the projects, but as a rider, it was always fun to ride the 54B on horse race days. At least 2/3rds of the people boarded at the rear door at 47th & 55th going NB to the tracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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