9 Unfortunate Thoughts We're All Are Having On The CTA
By Staff in News on Aug 3, 2014 4:00PM
1. What could have possibly caused these many delays?
2. Oh god this train car smells like actual crap.
Nothing quite like the fresh scent of urine on the train first thing in the morning. FAAAANTASTIC. #ctafail #publictransitrage
— GOOSE (@goosebucket) June 26, 2014The shit-smelling train car, turned into a shit and vomit-smelling train car. @CTAFails #Redline #HappyMonday
— Stephanie Edgerly (@StephEdgerly) July 14, 20143. I feel completely violated.
@redeyechicago I've encountered 4 different men masturbating right in front of me on the blue line in broad daylight. It's disgusting.
— Samantha Stockman (@shakeitsammijo) June 27, 2014@redeyechicago a man once exposed himself to me on Wash/Wells innerloop platform. he ran away when i screamed. nobody around did a thing
— Jackie (@jackiebelliss) June 27, 20144. The heat is on...during the summer?
RT @CollinR4: @CTAFails blue line is lovely in the middle of summer with the heat on.
— CTA Fails (@CTAFails) July 10, 2014Fuuuunnnn! RT @ElyseRunkel: Why in god’s name is the HEAT on in my red line? #ctafail
— CTA Fails (@CTAFails) July 31, 20145. lncoming!
Hey, @cta, this hunk of metal just fell off a Blue Line train/elevated track and nearly hit me. CC: @tracyswartz pic.twitter.com/DC9gRq6UD0
— Jake Malooley (@jakemalooley) July 18, 2014
6. I could crawl faster than this train is moving.
The CTA Brown Line is the slowest it has been in nearly two years, with nearly a quarter of track under slow zone, according to a CTA report posted online this week.Twenty-three percent of Brown Line track is under slow zone, which requires trains to travel 35 miles per hour or slower because of conditions, like weathered track or construction, according to a CTA June slow zone map. CTA trains can reach 55 miles per hour systemwide.
7. Apparently that bag is more important than everyone else in the world.
RT @Jorly65: @CTAFails WTF! Another piece of shit right next to the first piece of shit. #greenlineriderssuck #cta pic.twitter.com/vNlTP0Rynm
— CTA Fails (@CTAFails) February 27, 20148. This tracker cannot be right.
Happy Friday Chicago! pic.twitter.com/gRiB01cwL8
— Ryan Smith (@ryansmithshow) June 20, 2014Whomever coined the term "patience is a virtue" was probably a @cta brown line conductor. @CTAFails
— Eli Franc (@lizraspolich) July 24, 20149. Ughhhhhh, Ventra!
If a tree falls in the woods and no one is there to hear it, will @VentraChicago still be awful and impossible to use? #AskVentra
— Ryan Ben (@ryanjoeben) May 7, 2014If I didn't have to call @VentraChicago once a month demanding a refund after getting charged incorrectly, it would be a MIRACLE. @CTAFails
— Rose Montag (@montag_rose) July 29, 2014
By: Yolanda Carney