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Advocates praise the CTA’s plan to upgrade its Forest Park Branch, want more details on how the ‘L’ overhaul will work
The advocates say the agency should provide more info on the schedules of the bus shuttles that will replace trains during track closures, and want to know how the upcoming work will affect service on the rest of the Blue Line.
June 29, 2023
Commuters Take Action uses the CTA’s Blue Line livestream to protest spotty service
Unfortunately, the CTA won't be able to run significantly more trains systemwide until staffing is closer to full strength again, and that means improving conditions for workers.
April 17, 2023
CTA boasts of better reliability, offers new deets on hiring, CTA Action says more is needed
While the CTA continues to make increment progress in reliability and staffing, Commuters Take Action says it's not nearly enough to get the system where it needs to go.
April 12, 2023
CTA announced additional ORD branch trains, quietly cut scheduled service on other lines
While the CTA put out a press release about additional “short-turned” trips between O'Hare and UIC, they barely publicized scheduled service cuts to other lines at all.
March 27, 2023
CTA ridership increased 24% last year, but better service is needed for continued growth
Unless the CTA can get its workforce back up to full strength, and return its scheduled and delivered service to pre-pandemic levels, this upward trend may not last.
March 22, 2023
At state hearing, transit advocates call for addressing fiscal cliff, Carter is a no-show
Many important public transportation topics were covered at the hearing. It's a shame that the region's most prominent transit leader Dorval Carter chose to ghost it.
March 16, 2023
At CTA meeting, Commuters Take Action calls out “misleading” reliability claims
The war of words between Commuters Take Action CTA rider advocacy group and CTA President Dorval Carter Jr. continued at the yesterday’s Chicago Transit Board meeting.
March 10, 2023
Will a livestream of Blue Line crowding finally shame CTA into providing better service?
It was surprising this morning when the CTA announced that it would be laying bare the Blue Line crowding problem with a morning livestream.
February 28, 2023
January CTA scorecard says reliability improved. Advocates say more needs to be done.
While the January report has some encouraging numbers, there's still a lot more the CTA could be doing to improve performance and communications with customers.
February 15, 2023
Blue Line blues: CTA quietly cut schedule again this month, but reliability issues persist
After the CTA announced cuts to scheduled rail service last September in an effort to make the schedule better reflect available labor, earlier this month the agency quietly reduced the number of scheduled Blue Line runs even further.
February 13, 2023
