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Written By: Transit Justice on January 13, 2010 No Comment

CLICK HERE TO SEE A LABOR BEAT VIDEO ON THE CTA CUTS!

Chicago public transit riders and workers have become fed up with the perennial funding crises that always translate into service cuts and attacks on working conditions and jobs. There needs to be a positive social solution with adequate funding, and transit riders and [...]

Written By: Transit Justice on December 11, 2009 No Comment

We are living in a time of great crisis, but also great opportunity.   It can be hard to wrap your head around the twin crises of the economy and the environment.   Especially if your job is at stake, the bills are mounting, and it is just harder getting by.  However, there is opportunity if we [...]

Written By: Transit Justice on December 11, 2009 No Comment

LVEJO endorsed and took part in this picket action at CTA this week.
Also, special thanks to Roger Smidl for his testimony to the CTA Board regarding the need to reverse past cuts and restore the 31st Street Bus Route.

Stop CTA Service Cuts

To watch this on YouTube, click here:

A rally against mass transit service cuts in [...]

Written By: king1028skwirl on November 19, 2009 No Comment

Bob Roberts Reporting
CHICAGO (WBBM) — As disgruntled riders paraded outside the CTA’s West Loop headquarters with picket signs, the agency’s board approved a 2010 budget that holds the line on fares but threatens service cuts Feb. 7.

“I think they would prefer to go with stability over the next two years,” said CTA [...]

Written By: king1028skwirl on October 17, 2009 No Comment

By Kristen Schorsch
October 16, 2009

Seniors accustomed to boarding public transit in Chicago and surrounding suburbs without paying a cent might have to forgo that luxury.

Talk has returned among mass-transit officials in the area to discontinue a program that gives people 65 and older free rides on the CTA, Pace and Metra as the [...]

Written By: king1028skwirl on October 17, 2009 No Comment

More hoops to jump through to get the free rides.

For immediate release
DATE: March 13, 2009
CONTACT: Diane Palmer, RTA Communications Director
Office: 312-913-3282 Cell: 312-907-6902

Seniors with reduced fare cards will be charged a reduced rate after April 1, 2009

CHICAGO – The Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) is reminding seniors who have not changed their senor reduced fare cards [...]

Written By: king1028skwirl on October 16, 2009 No Comment

LVEJO opposes eliminating Senior Free Rides. We have many low income seniors in Little Village who need the support of having free rides on CTA, Pace, and Metra.

LVEJO opposes limiting Senior Free Rides to low income seniors.

Undocumented immigrants pay taxes to fund this program, but cannot qualify for Circuit Breaker, the low income program of [...]

Written By: Erek Slater on September 17, 2009 2 Comments

Cop Beats Bus Driver Unconscious

Five days after a Latino bus driver was beaten, the many video cameras on board this #62 Archer bus remain unreleased to the public. The attacker remains uncharged of a crime.

The police officers on the bus failed to prevent this attack. They failed to prevent the assailant from reboarding the bus [...]

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