Chicagoist: CTA Checked by Forces of Nature

jeff

Fri, 10 Mar 2006 21:27:21 -0600

It's already a mess trying to go from Addison to just south of Belmont. I saw the ads for the stores on Kedzie, Francisco & Rockwell. But what really caught my eye were the posters on the ad boards on the train for the current fares. They're in English, spanish, polis & chinese. Because the dimbulbs at the CTA have printed them in 4, count em, 4 different languages, the print is so small, it can't be read unless you're 7 feet tall & can get right up in front of the poster! Take a bow, politically correct bureaucrats, just brilliant!

LN

Fri, 10 Mar 2006 15:07:36 -0600

Actually, I think if you read the full story, "hiccup" referred to what would happen if there was a service disruption when the Belmont and Fullerton stations are running at 75% capacity -- that service disruption will be magnified because of less capacity to restore service. Translation: lotsa fun ahead.

JP

Fri, 10 Mar 2006 13:28:11 -0600

Speaking of weather halting construction, does anyone know if Mills is waiting for warmer weather to continue work on Block 37? There has been no activity in the last 3 or more weeks on the site. The only vehicles onsite are the ComEd trucks and they are just working in the substation. Have the financial difficulties at Mills Corp caused a halt to construction? Is the fate of Block 37 still undecided? What will happen to the CBS 2 studios?