CTA Archer Garage closes amid economic concerns

Sunday, March 14th, 2010

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 [...]

Next on Labor Beat: Rally for Mass Transit

Sunday, March 14th, 2010

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 [...]

Rally for Mass Transit

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Chicago, Jan. 20, 2010
Chicago Transit Authority union members and CTA transit users protested in front of the CTA headquarters on Wednesday, January 20.
The ongoing and future threatened cuts by the CTA management will double wait times for bus riders, cut service to low income/minority areas, overcrowd buses and trains, to mention [...]

Doomsday 2010 – Day 1

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

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 [...]

Doomsday 2010 – Day 3

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

Doomsday 2010 – Day 3

A Green Plan for Paratransit

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

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