CTA Tattler

As previously noted, it is the RTA Trip Planner, not the CTA's. Put the blame where it belongs.

Hopstop sucks. It can't even find my home.

I just tried Hopstop to see what it would tell me about getting to and from work. All three routes--bus only, subway only, bus and train--worked, but the bus one was strange and not out of the way, but didn't take advantage of any express routes.

Hey Bradley, what's your address? Try one number up from your current address, so if your address is 240 Grand, try 241 Grand or 199 Grand. You can also try the nearest cross-street or landmark.

Cheryl, which express routes were not included? and what time did you search at?

We take everyone's comments/input seriously in trying to make our Trip Planner better.

I tried doing the nearest intersection, and it still wouldn't work.

email contact @ hopstop dot com and let us know what address you are trying to use with the subject being Directions Problems. also, make it to the attention of Matt.

I'll look into it.

Matt,
I work in Streeterville and live in Albany Park. Usually I take the train--Brown to Red, off at State and Chicago, walk a few blocks. Sometimes--especially if there's a Cubs night game--I take a Lake Shore Drive express--the 140 buses--north, than a western bound I'd rather not say here in public bus home. It didn't give me that option for bus/bus. It said to take a 66 to Western then Western north to something and then that bus home. I have tried that in the past, it takes forever.

I had to serve jury duty at the same location within the last few months. At the time, I was living in Logan Square/Humboldt Park, so I assumed there was some relation between where I live and where my jury duty was. Apparently not.

Adam, no relation at all. When I still lived in Cook County, I was called standby to Daley twice, Bridgeview once, and 26th & Cal twice. Both my 26th's and one of my Daley calls got cancelled the day before. Of the two times I've had to actually show up, I've sat in the jury waiting room all day twiddling my thumbs and reading, never even making it to voir dire.

HopShot missed the purple line express listings in the morning. I tried Rogers Park to O'Hare Airport. HopShot, gets the red to blue (into loop then out from loop), but completely missed the Pace 290 to Cumberland, then blue (FYI, TripPlanner gets this as it's #2 route).

Then I noticed, no Pace buses are in the HopShot system.

My group got called into the selection room toward the end of the day, but I didn't get questioned. It was also pretty obvious what you'd have to say to get taken off the jury (basically, having strong feelings one way or another about police officers). But looking back, since I was unemployed at the time, jury duty actually represented a lucrative opportunity for me.

How are you getting any directions at all? Every time I try, I get "Invalid county1."