CTA Tattler

I understand that yesterday was pretty straining on anything transportation-related, but it still sort-of amazes me that the CTA had absolutely nothing about any delays to trains on their "Customer Alerts" website until well after 6pm.

I usually just check there before I leave work, but luckily I checked the Tribune last night as well, who had information about the delays.

My northbound commute home last night -- I reached Grand on the Red Line a little after 5:30 -- was great; honestly, it brought back fond memories of a few years ago when things ran on time and never got that crowded. The operator hit the PA as we were leaving Belmont to warn us that power was out in Wrigleyville so he wouldn't exceed 15 mph until he was approaching Wilson. But even that stretch didn't seem any slower than normal.

Even entering Grand, I didn't have to navigate Grand Lake (http://www.ctatattler.com/2007/05/tales_from_gran.html). (This morning leaving Grand up that stairway, though, I got stuck at the exit turnstile behind some dimwit who was a) wearing flip-flops and b) slow enough to get one caught to the point where she couldn't get it out. Sigh.)

I'm not signed up to the alerts group, but I used to be able to read the alerts from the homepage (http://www.upoc.com/group.jsp?group=ctaalerts) which I bookmarked at some point. It now looks like the alerts aren't being reproduced on that page. Is there someplace else I should be looking if I don't want to deal with turning the alerts on and off?

E:

You're correct in noting that you can't see the alerts if you're not a member of the group-- that's an unfortunate change from UPOC. I am working on V2 of the alerts, which will fix this.