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After SBC called on CTA to make schedules reflect reality, Carter says it will happen
Let's keep our fingers crossed, and hold the CTA accountable if it fails to significantly improve service, reliability, safety, and sanitation.
August 11, 2022
Dear CTA: Stop gaslighting us. Change “scheduled service” to better reflect actual service.
The CTA needs to do the honest and responsible thing. It must change its published timetables so that "scheduled service" and actual service begin to at least remotely resemble each other.
June 23, 2022
Here’s the CTA’s explanation for the infuriating “ghost” bus and train problem
Everyone hates the now-common situation where train or bus runs appear the Train Tracker and Bus Tracker, but then disappear before they ever arrive.
May 26, 2022
Data analysis found CTA has only been running about half its scheduled Blue Line runs
A mobile developer found that has been fairly consistently running roughly 52 percent of its scheduled Blue Line service, with particularly bad gaps at night and on weekends.
April 25, 2022
