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Written By: king1028skwirl on March 24, 2010 No Comment

A rally against mass transit service cuts in Chicago took place on Dec. 9, 2009. Carlos Acevedo, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 241, told a large protest crowd in front of CTA headquarters: “It seems the riding public gets numb to it because it seems not to happen, they get bailed [...]

Written By: Transit Justice on March 14, 2010 No Comment
CTA Archer Garage closes amid economic concerns

By Sarah Severson

As part of the Chicago Transit Authority’s recent cutbacks, on Feb. 7 the 103-year-old Archer Garage at 2600 W. Pershing Rd. ceased operations. Also last month, the CTA cut service by implementing less frequent runs on 119 bus routes and seven of the CTA’s eight rail lines; reducing hours on [...]

Written By: Transit Justice on March 14, 2010 No Comment
Labor Beat:  Rally for Mass Transit

A two-part show

On CAN TV Chicago cable tv Channel 19:

Thurs.,  Feb. 18, 9:30 pm
Fri., Feb. 19, 4:30 pm
Thurs., Feb. 25, 9:30 pm
Fri., Feb. 26, 4:30 pm

On Evanston Cable Channel 6:

Mon., March 1, 5:30 pm
Wed., March 3, 9:00 pm
Sat., March 6, 12:30 am
Mon., March 8, 5:30 pm
Wed. March 10, 9:00 pm
Sat., March 13, 12:30 am

1. Rally [...]

Written By: Transit Justice on February 25, 2010 No Comment

We’ve had a couple updates from riders on how the Doomsday is affecting them.  So far here is what we’ve heard:

One rider from the Art Institute to Little Village told us a one train, one bus trip that normally takes 40 minutes took an hour.  There was a longer wait on both [...]

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