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Extra Extra: Ventra Fails Cost CTA $1.2 Million

By Chuck Sudo in News on Dec 30, 2013 10:00PM

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Photo credit: Chicago Transit Authority's Facebook page.

  • Chicago Transit Authority announced Monday free rides related to Ventra failures cost them around $1.2 million. CTA spokesman Brian Steele said Cubic Transportation Systems "has reviewed our methodology and they have indicated to us that they will reimburse us." [Tribune]
  • A look back at the year in Chicago sports. [Chicago Side]
  • A third suspect has been arrested in the murder of pregnant teenager Eva Casara. [Sun-Times]
  • Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau will coach tonight's game against Memphis after attending his father's funeral. [NBC Chicago]
  • Philip Montoro recaps the year in Beer and Metal. [Reader]

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