The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is facing challenges in adapting to changing commuter patterns due to the pandemic and work-from-home revolution. The recent incident involving a Yellow Line train and snowplow equipment has raised concerns about the safety of the transit system. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is currently investigating the accident.
Anyone glancing at a Chicago Transit Authority train map can see that practically all routes lead to the Loop, a legacy of the days when downtown office commuters were by far the most important — and predictable — riders. Now that the pandemic and work-from-home revolution have scrambled the map, the CTA needs to think big to adapt. The transit agency unveiled its 2024 budget last month, seeking a 9.2% increase in spending.
As for big, bold ideas, it’s closer to 0%, unless you think a new customer-service chatbot is going to somehow save the day. And the system always seems to be a heartbeat away from a crisis, as when a Yellow Line train struck equipment at the Howard Street Railyard last week, in an incident the National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy described Friday as “very serious.” The major accident, involving snowplow equipment moving in the same direction on the same track as the passenger train on the former Skokie Swift line, left 38 people injured, three of them critically. Many questions remain and the NTSB is investigatin
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