Wednesday, July 22, 2009

What's the worst CTA station and bus route?

Over at the Red Eye. Here's one 6th Ward bus route and two ward CTA L Stops:
CTA bus driver Steve Fuentes writes about the No. 34 South Michigan: "From the 80 or so routes I've driven, I would start by nominating the No. 34 South Michigan. Reasons: Over-crowding, rude customers, buses are left very dirty after serving street, conversations on the bus almost always include much foul language, and frequency of disturbances on bus!"
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Cathy Reed of Ravenswood writes about the 79th Street Red Line station: "Sometimes, the racial disparity in this city is so obvious by the way the CTA stations are maintained.

This past Saturday, I called RTA Travel Info for directions to go to Harvard Avenue on the South Side. I got off at the 79th Street Red Line stop and tried to find the No. 29 bus, but I could not find it.

I asked a CTA employee in the upstairs booth which way to go to get to Harvard. (There is a bus stop on both sides of the street.) She said that I would have to ask the person in the booth downstairs, that person would have the information and slammed her booth window shut.

And to boot, the 79th Street 'L' station is one of the most raggedy, worst-looking-looking stations in the city. Just take a look at the Damen Brown Line station for a comparison and you will see what I mean."
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Javarry Rodriguez, 22, of South Shore writes about the 69th Street Red Line station: "I would have to say the 69th Red Line station. That station will make you want to vomit. Wait I almost stepped in vomit twice. Where were the janitors? That's horrible and I shouldn't have to smell or see that coming home from a long day of work."
Do you have any stories to tell about CTA service on our part of town?

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