Public transit is inevitable for many Chicagoans. For those Blue Line riders, this fall and winter’s station closings will be a pain. And that guy shooting a rifle in the LaSalle station last month? Could be worse. Remember last March when a Blue Line train headed into the O’Hare station, overran the bumper, and derailed? That security camera footage nervewrackingly showed bystanders conversing mere seconds before the train ascended an escalator causing six-million dollars in damages. Good thing the CTA increased the fair from O’Hare to $5.
Not Amused: Horror Is A Whole Day Waiting In Line Only grade-A, unadulterated nostalgia could explain why I thought it was a good idea to drag my husband and six-year-old son to an amusement park.
El of a Night: Twelve Hours on the Red and Blue Lines While I ride CTA trains a few times a week, I was interested in getting a better sense of what conditions are like on the El at other times of the day. So I hung out on the Red and Blue routes from 5pm to 5am.
