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Holiday Trains on the Yellow Line. Yes, Holiday Trains. Plural

strannik01 wrote in chicago_el Dec 29, 2014 20:25

Originally posted by me at my personal Livejournal. Reposted here for old times' sake.

I don't think I've ever written about Chicago 'L' system's Holiday Train on this blog - though I did put together a photo set about it a couple of years ago. To try to make a long story short, the idea is charming in its whimsy and relative simplicity. Every ( Read more... )

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Cubic and the Ventra Card

le_trombone wrote in chicago_el Dec 17, 2013 15:38

Rick Perlstein has an article in The Nation titled "Chicago and the Municipal-Industrial Complex." It covers the company behind the Ventra card, Cubic.

It's not positive.

quick question for those already using Ventra....

nowthatsbleach wrote in chicago_el Dec 06, 2013 23:11

Since IMO, when I've looked at it(and if you asked me, the FAQ on the official Ventra website isn't good IMO), it hasn't answered my biggest question about it. Can you use it and temporarily go to a minus balance on your Ventra card, if you're riding a CTA bus or Pace bus? I know on the Chicago Card(still am using it, since Ventra's been lazy and ( Read more... )

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darth_snarky wrote in chicago_el Nov 20, 2011 00:10

So this community has been rather dead for awhile. I'd like to bring it back to life for a quick question: If my Chicago Card has a negative value, can I still use it for a transfer? Would I be able to just throw a quarter in the box ( Read more... )

EL Stories

ptitsa wrote in chicago_el Jan 26, 2011 22:09

shameless promotion for this awesome new show my friend is in:

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Give us more cash and we'll do even less.

fengi wrote in chicago_el Jan 26, 2011 00:03

NOTE: This plan is still unfunded and in the planning stages - so there is time to submit your objections. Here's the information on meetings and contactsSo the CTA made a big deal of presenting plans which would spend billions that they don't have on an "upgrade" of the Red and Purple lines (read flashy building projects of dubious necessity) ( Read more... )

Ode to the Brown Line

hoodcity wrote in chicago_el Nov 10, 2010 19:40

Well-scrubbed young urban professionals ( Read more... )

Oakton is next.

lost_on_belmont wrote in chicago_el Jun 20, 2010 22:53

The groundbreaking ceremony for the new Oakton station on the Yellow Line is scheduled for June 21, at 10:30 AM to be held in the parking lot on the northwest corner of Searle Parkway and Skokie Boulevard.

Groundbreaking ceremony release (PDF)

Blue Line Shutdown, Information Failure

fengi wrote in chicago_el May 03, 2010 10:14

This morning as I arrived at the Logan Square Blue Line station, I encountered hundreds of passengers streaming out. The line had shut down and everyone was intructed to disembark ( Read more... )

Buses Are Bunching Bosons...

le_trombone wrote in chicago_el Mar 05, 2010 11:21

I can post about buses here, right?

Via the cosmicvar_feed (and what makes it particularly appropriate is that the author talks about taking the buses around the University of Chicago): "Buses are bosons, and they condensate", which is about the tendency of buses to group together ( Read more... )