Again?!? CTA Predicts Doom and Gloom

Didn't we recently go through CTA predictions of "hell" and painful commutes with the rennovation of the Brown Line tracks at Belmont and Fullerton? Yes, we did, and just days ago the Sun-Times ran an article telling us that the "hell" on the "L" predictions have not come true (see "Joe Moore's CTA Hysteria Derailed"). So here we go again, with another CTA prediction of doom. But the prediction this time has a dark side. CTA, you see, wants more money and the prediction of commuter hardship is really something more akin to a threat. "Give us more money or we'll do our worst," is what CTA seems to be saying. Perhaps CTA could waste less money on a bloated bureaucracy?

The CTA would eliminate 63 bus routes and two rail lines, and raise fares to as much as $3.25 a ride on trains if no new state funding is provided, CTA President Ron Huberman said today. FULL STORY at Chicago Tribune...