BusHunter Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 I didn't realize they now show the CTA transit board meetings on Youtube. They even have a live stream of the October meeting in progress now. Didn't know Youtube did live streams. I tuned in for a few minutes, it's actually kind of boring, but if your curious as to what's going on or interested in things coming before the board, i guess it can be interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 I didn't realize they now show the CTA transit board meetings on Youtube. They even have a live stream of the October meeting in progress now. Didn't know Youtube did live streams. I tuned in for a few minutes, it's actually kind of boring, but if your curious as to what's going on or interested in things coming before the board, i guess it can be interesting.That's a result of another state law. You can make a board stream, but can't make it deliberate.There is a page on transitchicago.com, but the video is on YouTube. I sat through about a minute of one, but figured I could look at the pdf of the Financial Report much quicker than have some staffer drone on about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusHunter Posted October 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 That's a result of another state law. You can make a board stream, but can't make it deliberate.There is a page on transitchicago.com, but the video is on YouTube. I sat through about a minute of one, but figured I could look at the pdf of the Financial Report much quicker than have some staffer drone on about it.Plus wouldn't anything that's been approved go to the ordinances tab on CTA's site. That's a way quicker read. Since they had the October meeting today, maybe they'll finally release the 2016 budget. I'm mostly curious as to when the #4000 artics are scheduled for rehab, what happened with the #3200's rehab (they have had the parts to do it since early in the year) and how they plan to replace 270 buses at FG with 125 Novas. I still say 65 #6400's will not be retired just yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 Plus wouldn't anything that's been approved go to the ordinances tab on CTA's site. That's a way quicker read. Since they had the October meeting today, maybe they'll finally release the 2016 budget. I'm mostly curious as to when the #4000 artics are scheduled for rehab, what happened with the #3200's rehab (they have had the parts to do it since early in the year) and how they plan to replace 270 buses at FG with 125 Novas. I still say 65 #6400's will not be retired just yet. The board wouldn't have any idea of the latter.Since the board and subcommittees are rubber stamps, but have to post their agendas, there isn't any surprise, and it doesn't appear that there is any big purchasing decision this month.Also, on the issue of the budget, there seems to be a distinction between the Pace board authorizing release of the budget (see its agenda) and the CTA President releasing "The President's 201x Budget Recommendations" without any board action. Remember when Claypool was 2 months late a couple of years ago after settling the union contract? Anyway, the board does not decide where buses go, and the best you can do is hope that the budget, when released, contains some tea leaves. At least there usually is a narrative portion in a budget book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted Sunday at 05:59 PM Report Share Posted Sunday at 05:59 PM Necropost probably not worth it. I had the April 2025 meeting on YouTube, and while I hit fast forward a lot, near the end "May we have a motion to defer the Construction Report?" What a waste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayfaringrob Posted yesterday at 06:30 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 06:30 AM On 4/13/2025 at 12:59 PM, Busjack said: Necropost probably not worth it. I had the April 2025 meeting on YouTube, and while I hit fast forward a lot, near the end "May we have a motion to defer the Construction Report?" What a waste. I always hover the scrubber near the end of the video to see whether they do it or not. Aside from RPM, it's often the only place CTA shares any meaningful info on its projects. But it gets scrapped almost every other month, and they only post the PDF if it is actually presented. How many unpublished construction reports are staffers wasting their time on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted 16 hours ago Report Share Posted 16 hours ago 12 hours ago, wayfaringrob said: and they only post the PDF They aren't regularly posting the pdf, which is why I tried TouTube. At the moment, no April Board Presentation of any kind posted, and while there was a March 2025 Construction report, not a Feb. one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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