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Chicago: Riders Blast CTA 'De-Crowding' Plan at Hearing
Source: Chicago Tribune
Created: September 5, 2012
Sept. 05 -- More than 100 CTA riders attended a public hearing Tuesday on a proposal billed as enhancing bus and train service. But most people who testified denounced the crowding-reduction strategy as a trick by transit officials to slash much-needed bus routes.
Senior citizens, disabled riders, people who work late-night shifts and 9-to-5 commuters said the CTA should be focused on increasing service, not cutting it back.
They criticized the CTA for basing its service-restructuring proposals on an analysis conducted by transportation experts at Northwestern University rather than going to riders via neighborhood surveys.
"The process smells of a sham. One meeting in an overcrowded room," Uptown resident Michael Dannhauser complained to CTA President Forrest Claypool and the six CTA board members in attendance. ................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.masstransitmag.com/news/10773901/il-riders-blast-cta-de-crowding-plan-at-hearing