It was a bad week for …
The CTA
A blistering National Transportation Safety Board report released Tuesday blamed missing and falsified records, deferred rail maintenance and poor safety oversight for a 2006 Blue Line subway derailment that injured more than 150 people. All this while the agency struggled to prepare for doomsday service cuts and fare hikes.
It was a good week for …
CTA riders
A last-minute injection of $24 million in stop-gap state funding averted doomsday service cuts and fare hikes, giving riders a temporary reprieve. The money would hold off fare hikes and service cuts until November, officials said. CTA officials promised they would work to prevent fare hikes, service reductions or layoffs but warned that the money could create new problems down the line.
