Citizens Advisory Board meets Wednesday
CTA Board Chairwoman Carole Brown reminds us on her blog that the Citizens Advisory Board meets on Wednesday at 1 pm in the second floor board room at the CTA headquarters, 567 W. Lake St.
Carole writes:
"The Transit Board, CTA staff, and the CAB engage in high-level discourse on legislative affairs (including CAB members advocating on behalf of the CTA in Springfield regarding operations and capital funding), day-to-day operations (including monitoring the slow-zone mitigation projects, bus bunching, the planned purchase of new rail cars and other service improvements), and more long-term strategic concerns (such as business improvements and customer service changes). Indeed, the CAB weighed in on many of the service improvements you are now experiencing, and they will continue to work with the CTA to identify future areas of need."
In the post's comment section, someone immediately questioned whether these folks were truly the "citizen customers" as described by Carole. And in a rare move, Carole came right back and challenged that assertion. It's all very interesting. But here's my take.
These guys and gals are very well qualified to advise the board, given their backgrounds. And the way they represent citizens is by getting the input from us citizens about what's on our minds. So this is our opportunity.
Go and participate.
I guess I hear you on the "citizen's" board thing. If they're there to take input from riders, fine. But I'd still like to see at least two REAL riders who rely on the CTA every day, not just for one or two "fact finding" treks. It's sort of like HAVING sex and having someone tell you about sex.
Posted by: Dude | March 05, 2008 at 10:06 AM