CTA Tattler

Probably low on the list, but I think a rush hour Orange Line express from Roosevelt to Western would be great. We're packed in like sardines! Who's with me?

Sounds like plenty of people are with you, Ed.

Anyway, I wish the Trip Planner would allow for long-planned reroutes.

In case Ron reads comments every so often.

You need to have the head of the RTA reading this, too, Bob. The RTA trip planner is not solely a function of the CTA. And frankly, I say call them, don't use the online service. They're not kept up to date, add legs to your trip, and often send you in the wrong direction.
I've reported it to the RTA, but never gotten an answer, nor seen an improvement; I've posted about it before, & I give. When it tells me to walk east 3 blocks, then catch a westbound bus back 1 block, something ain't right. Not to mention telling me multiple times to go NW to Cumberland instead of straight down Irving to the L.

Now, Ron, if you're reading this, you might make sure the RTA has all the correct info--I've talked to some who didn't know (more than a year later) that the 86 Narragansett now goes all the way to Devon/Nagle (so long as it runs, anyway), and they did not have the information on other re-routes & couldn't understand why I was asking these questions (original reroute for the 11). Thanks much!

That is nothing, I had crews right outside my apartment (which is right on the red line between Granville and Loyola) working on the bridge above Sheridan road... Wasn't on the website. Oh, and to stop the trains they used airhorns.

I finally called the Chicago Police Department and after they showed up they stopped with the air horn.

Don't call them about re-routes. I did that last year trying to get to work on the day of the marathon, and the way they told me to get to work put me west of the marathon and my job east of there at the time I got off the train. I ended up getting back on the Brown line, going into the Loop, going down to the Red line and taking that back north. I was 45 minutes late.

Nick, are you insane? The world doesn't revolve around you. The CTA has absolutely no business posting updates about track work that doesn't affect service. They can't post about track work that may disturb someone trying to sleep every time they have to do work. Nevermind the fact that you're an idiot for calling the CPD about the airhorn. The airhorn is used for SAFETY--to let workers know that a train is coming. I'm sure the police really give a damn that it disturbs you.

Yeah, they've been using an airhorn all day long all last week at the Tower 18 interlocking, which I work directly above. Annoying, but if it's in the name of progress...bet Nick complains about how slow the Red Line is too.

Nick, they absolutely do not use the air horns to stop trains! The air horns are used to notify the workers on the live tracks that a train is approaching. When they are working on the track (often using noisy equipment) the air horns are an important safety measure.

And, Neal's other points are on target too. It important that they post information about construction that is going to impact our service, not work that might interrupt your weekend nap time. If you complain when the line is slow, then you can't complain about when they are working on it and expect to be taken seriously.

Come to think of it, you do live right next to the tracks. Did you think noise wouldn't be an issue when you moved in next to the tracks or did you move in before 1908?