CTA Cuts, CTA Tour

By Rachelle Bowden in News on Sep 23, 2004 12:01PM

The CTA, which is projecting that it will lose $100 million next year, says that if it doesn't get more money from the General Assembly that it will make "massive" cuts to bus and rapid transit service and that "there will not be a CTA rider that is not affected."

The CTA board will hold 3 public hearings next month, tentatively scheduled for October 12^th, 19^th, and 25^th. Then they will have their budget hearing on the 27^th.

Also, Gapers Block reports that on October 17 Chicago-L.org will be hosting a Historic Station Tour that "stops at various stations of architectural and cultural signifigance." The price is kind of steep - $32 - but Chicagoist is considering shelling it out because the past tours look awesome. Yeh, we're history nerds! Plus the tour somehow books a charter train.. and that just sounds cool. Register for the tour here (PDF).