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[Shannoncvpi]

Whoever did this they had one job & they blew 😂😂 

[Busjack]

1 hour ago, Shannoncvpi said:

Whoever did this they had one job & they blew 😂😂

Remember when I said posting in the wrong topic was like a 77 bus on Irving Park (or something like that)? Someone at CTA must have taken it to heart.🫢

Update: Alert is still up at the moment.

[artthouwill]

57 minutes ago, Busjack said:

Remember when I said posting in the wrong topic was like a 77 bus on Irving Park (or something like that)? Someone at CTA must have taken it to heart.🫢

Update: Alert is still up at the moment.

 Now @Shannoncvpi knows why buses have to be pulled off the 66 to cover the 70!😝

[Shannoncvpi]

2 hours ago, Busjack said:

Remember when I said posting in the wrong topic was like a 77 bus on Irving Park (or something like that)? Someone at CTA must have taken it to heart.🫢

Update: Alert is still up at the moment.

🤣🤣🤣 somebody was smoking that shit today 

[Shannoncvpi]

1 hour ago, artthouwill said:

 Now @Shannoncvpi knows why buses have to be pulled off the 66 to cover the 70!😝

That's one hell of a coverage to pull from the 66 to bring it to the 70 near 70th 🤣🤣

[Elkmn]

77th is going through it right now

[Shannoncvpi]

37 minutes ago, Elkmn said:

77th is going through it right now

What's going on with 7

[Elkmn]

nah I'm joking, 7 is doing fine.

[Elkmn]

also, what the hell kind of detour is that?!?!? 69th doesn't go under the skyway?!?!

 

Garbage in, garbage out

[NewFlyerMCI]

https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/04/17/death-behind-the-wheel-how-the-cta-failed-a-driver-in-crisis/

Very sad article to read. I'm glad CTA covered the majority of the funeral costs, although that's somewhat dampened by both the overall circumstances and agency employees getting her name wrong on two separate occasions

[NewFlyerMCI]

Vote scheduled today on the mayoral recommendation of Rev. Micheal Eaddy to the CTA board. Detractors note that Eaddy has no transit industry experience. Ald. Vasquez was particularly interested in seeing if Eaddy would commit to being a regular rider (an enthusiastic yes)

https://chicityclerkelms.chicago.gov/Matter/?matterId=DC1BDB5B-28E6-EE11-904C-001DD806E542

Testimony here (around 30 min mark):

Side note: I think this would make him the 3rd reverend on the board if confirmed? I feel like there's a way to spin a great schism joke in there.

[Elkmn]

Eaddy does a lot of things for his community according to this "about me" thing I found but he's also super christian. Why can't they elect regular unqualified people? Why pastors?

[Busjack]

11 minutes ago, NewFlyerMCI said:

https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/04/17/death-behind-the-wheel-how-the-cta-failed-a-driver-in-crisis/

Very sad article to read. I'm glad CTA covered the majority of the funeral costs, although that's somewhat dampened by both the overall circumstances and agency employees getting her name wrong on two separate occasions

The only real question raised in an article written 60% only for emotional impact is what duty the Control Center has to check on a driver when a bus doesn't move on the tracker.

[NewFlyerMCI]

2 minutes ago, Busjack said:

The only real question raised in an article written 60% only for emotional impact is what duty the Control Center has to check on a driver when a bus doesn't move on the tracker.

Would the Control Center have notified that supervisor who caught the bus driver on the NW side? Or did the supervisor happen to catch wind of the issue first?

[Busjack]

6 minutes ago, NewFlyerMCI said:

Detractors note that Eaddy has no transit industry experience. Ald. Vasquez was particularly interested in seeing if Eaddy would commit to being a regular rider (an enthusiastic yes)

This has basically the mayoral appointee pattern for the last 25 years. Sec. 19 of the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act (70 ILCS 3605/19) says "Members of the Board shall be residents of the metropolitan area and persons of recognized business ability"  but that's not been the case. The question is whether the City Council will bring that up. I doubt it will.

Your preacher point may be relevant to whether any of them have recognized business ability."

The "regular rider" question is, again, the old game of FOIAing various board and staff members' Ventra card accounts.

[Busjack]

9 minutes ago, NewFlyerMCI said:

Would the Control Center have notified that supervisor who caught the bus driver on the NW side? Or did the supervisor happen to catch wind of the issue first?

The article said that the second following bus driver called 911 from a gas station. The control center didn't do anything.

[NewFlyerMCI]

23 minutes ago, Busjack said:

The article said that the second following bus driver called 911 from a gas station. The control center didn't do anything.

They gave an example of a similar incident that happened on the NW side, that's what I was referencing

[Erin Mishkin Jr.]

Such a shame the driver after her driver didn’t check on her bus. If the bus before that drivers bus didn’t leave they should check on the driver why they didn’t leave. Thank god the second driver noticed but it was too late because the driver was on her bus too long without help.

[NewFlyerMCI]

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/19/pritzker-cta-leadership/#:~:text=“I think that there needs,the transit board's seven members
 

https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/19/pritzker-says-new-leadership-needed-at-cta/

The Governor has made some comments about leadership at CTA, in the wake of conversations about agency consolidation and the impending fiscal cliff (I do want to note that WRT to Dorval specifically, he avoided using the term “fired”).

[Busjack]

1 hour ago, NewFlyerMCI said:

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/19/pritzker-cta-leadership/#:~:text=“I think that there needs,the transit board's seven members
 

https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/19/pritzker-says-new-leadership-needed-at-cta/

The Governor has made some comments about leadership at CTA, in the wake of conversations about agency consolidation and the impending fiscal cliff (I do want to note that WRT to Dorval specifically, he avoided using the term “fired”).

You're right, he talked around it, but he also appeared to dismiss the PART (especially Carole Brown) wing that it's up to the state to bail CTA out from the fiscal cliff.

[artthouwill]

3 hours ago, NewFlyerMCI said:

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/19/pritzker-cta-leadership/#:~:text=“I think that there needs,the transit board's seven members
 

https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/19/pritzker-says-new-leadership-needed-at-cta/

The Governor has made some comments about leadership at CTA, in the wake of conversations about agency consolidation and the impending fiscal cliff (I do want to note that WRT to Dorval specifically, he avoided using the term “fired”).

Brandon Johnson was never a fan of Dorval Carter.  I wouldn't be surprised if he's working behind the scenes trying to get DC removed as CTA President.   He made that abundantly Clear when he was running for mayor.  

Should he and JB get their wish, the question is who between the two will exercise control over CTA?  It was one thing for the State to try to control the CTA when Republicans held power in Springfield,  but how would a Democrat mayor react to State control by his own party,?  Lori Lightfoot wouldn't stand for it but I'm not sure about BJ.

[Shannoncvpi]

It's weird seeing a artic on the 29 seen 4182 on there last night then today somebody on 79th pissed off it was 3 79 buses back to back & 1552 was being towed into 7 like going to sit in the boneyard 

[Jackson232]

https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-lawmakers-unveil-metropolitan-mobility-act-a-plan-to-combine-metra-cta-and-pace-into-one-rta-would-be-replaced/14743334/ 

How do you guys feel about this. I think it could be good but I also think it could be bad.

[Busjack]

22 minutes ago, Jackson232 said:

https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-lawmakers-unveil-metropolitan-mobility-act-a-plan-to-combine-metra-cta-and-pace-into-one-rta-would-be-replaced/14743334/ 

How do you guys feel about this. I think it could be good but I also think it could be bad.

Hate to tell you this @Jackson232, but a topic was opened on this by @Sam92 about 6 hours ago,. Why is everything Random CTA?

"How do you guys feel about it" should be (and has been) discussed there.

[Jackson232]

11 minutes ago, Busjack said:

Hate to tell you this @Jackson232, but a topic was opened on this by @Sam92 about 6 hours ago,. Why is everything Random CTA?

"How do you guys feel about it" should be (and has been) discussed there.

Oh I’m sorry. That’s my bad. Sorry about that.