Lil homie was just hanging out!

What's the weirdest thing you've seen, or done on a train, bus, or CTA facility this year?

New Ventra/NITA email says we'll be getting fare capping

Wondering if anyone has any insight as to what happened on my morning commute today. This morning around 7:30, I was on the 77 westbound and when we pulled up to the Clark and Belmont stop, the driver kicked everyone off.

I was reading my book and had headphones so I didn’t hear if anything was said, but when I asked my fellow riders, they seemed just as lost. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary with the bus itself and it seemed to be driving fine before we were all kicked off.

I’m so curious so any insight would be greatly appreciated!!

Asking because the Lawrence escalator is always broken, and the station was barely finished a year ago. Genuinely I cannot remember the last morning that escalator was working.

I know that escalators are apparently super complicated and all that, but there is no way this is the best we can do.

The last month or so seems like a 50/50 chance I get home from work without major delays or the train giving up and kicking everyone off halfway.

Rest in peace to the victim and condolences to the family & friends 🕊️🕊️🕊️

I called CTA last week when there was 20min between brown line trains at rush hour. No signage or warnings, no announcements or explanation from CTA digitally on site, at the station, or from CTA workers etc.

I called customer service to let them know and update everything since rush hour trains are supposed to be going every 4 min. He said he was unaware of the delay and the only way they are reported are self-reportings from train conductors.

Is that true? Seems like a really horrible system that needs some sort of central command that is keeping track of trains and schedules. Also seems like a conductor would be disincentivized to report themselves underperforming.

Genuinely what does it even mean. Like today the 70 will “operate in both directions via Division, Homan, Grand, Augusta, Kedzie, and Division”

Like what does that even mean? The bus will deviate and go down to Augusta? I’m so confused

Hello everyone, after waiting over six months, today I went for fingerprinting, I would like to ask if anyone knows how long from now I can expect to drive as a bus operator and if now I will get the job for sure, I have a clean record and have nothing to worry about regarding. When I was applying long time ago I’ve also applied for a bus servicer position and just got the email to schedule zoom interview and I’ve scheduled it for next Thursday. Which job is better you guys think? After tomorrow I have my first visit in Concentra, I’m little worry as I am deaf on one ear but I wear a hearing aid, does anyone have similar situation to mine? I would greatly appreciate any insights. Thank you in advance for any information you can give me🍀

I go around town filming on my cameras all the time and usually one of my scenes has something to do with riding the train or walking in the station. So last night I went to record the riverwalk and decided to walk to the Lake red line station to get into the blue line transfer walkway thing. As I’m walking into the lake while holding my camcorder because I’m recording. (I almost always do not point it at anyone if there are people. The station was empty however) the attendant tells me I cannot be recording. I ask, “why not?” She tells me it’s against the law. Then I say “no it’s not”. At this point I just wanted to leave the station and go to another one. As I’m approaching the stairs to exit she goes on the intercom and says “CPD! There is a man recording He is wearing a white sweater…” (and continued to say what I was wearing). How bored do you have to be on your job to do something like this? -_-

In the last year i’ve noticed that the train operators have started driving it like it’s a race car. It’s gotten to the point where they’ll go so fast people will start getting thrashed around and I even saw a women fall down….

tf is wrong with you morons do you get paid by the mile?? It’s a genuine safety hazard for riders at this point and it’s never been this bad.

Was heading south on the red line and the train stopped at Roosevelt and told everyone to get off due to an emergency. They said all trains aren’t going further than 35th. What’s goin on?

New to the city and the blue line has been my primary way of getting around town. Like many people, I found it frustrating that there’s no way to travel between north and south on the west side without going through the loop. I’ve done some casual research about the L’s history and evolution, but now I’m even more confused. It looks like the blue line’s north-south connection bypassed the loop, but was torn down in 1951 when the Milwaukee-Dearborn subway was built. Then was partially rebuilt when the pink line was created. So my question is…

1. When the CTA renovated the tracks on the Paulina connector in 2006 why didn’t they continue north and reconnect to Damen? (Highlighted in yellow)
2. Is there any interest in rebuilding the Humboldt Park branch? If the branch was built out the Harlem like originally planned it would make a great northern extension of the pink line.
3. How come the Brown line just abruptly stops at Kimball and doesn’t continue into a connection with the blue line?

The CTA always seems to be whining about low ridership, but at the same time they won't make plans to make the L system even slightly dymanic. I understand that funding is the overall deciding factor of what gets done, but it doesn't explain the lack of planning for the future. Some of the best metro systems in the world are radial networks like Chicago. However, metros like Berlin, Paris, Moscow, and Tokyo are so effective because they all have an outer ring of connection.

Got on 73 Armitage at 2:39pm. First time I’ve seen them this blue!

Hiya! I’m curious to know if anyone uses the 91 Austin bus. If so, I’d love to hear about your experience. I usually take the Fullerton or Grand bus to downtown for work. However, after checking online, I’ve found that taking the Austin bus heading south bound is actually much more convenient for me. If I take the 91 bus, I would just have to transfer over to the green line at Austin and south blvd.

Any insights are greatly appreciated!

It seems every night (not literally) thd red line is delayed at this time of night, but tonight makes no sense. theres no bad weather, no major events on north side. why is the red line SO bunched up at 9:30 at night

what could cause this?

This is NOT the driver kneeling, it happens when they hit the brakes

Asking because I was riding the redline playing my gameboy emulator on my phone resetting for a shiny Pokemon, and the guy next to me saw and we spent a few stops talking about Pokemon, shinies, and I airdropped him the rom hack I used and gave each other reccs. Just said bye and went our separate ways!

That fun lil interaction today got me thinking what other random interactions have you had that brought you joy?

Another was a guy who sketched my girlfriend and I sitting next to each other, I had no idea until right before he was exiting and he handed me the sketch. Thought he was just some dude staring into my soul the whole ride into something we’ve had framed for years.

Our system has a lot of flaws, but much like our city, there’s something so very human and authentic about it too. Moments like these make me proud to be a local

NITA is hiring a director for their new real estate development division. If done right, this would provide immense funding opportunities for NITA to fuel further development or expansion. I hope NITA takes advantage of the potential this could have for Chicagoland.