Commentary: Many CTA leaders earn six-figure salaries, while passengers are made up of working-class, essential workers who must rely on a broken system to get to their jobs.
People exit a CTA subway station along North State Street in Chicago’s Loop on May 16, 2023.The indispensable public transportation system has been in crisis since the COVID-19 pandemic descended on our city.I ride the CTA daily, sometimes several times a day. Ridership has been up in recent months, and there have been some improvements, but the service remains substandard. The bus tracker is frequently inaccurate. Safety issues persist as the system is plagued by crime.
. One executive never used her pass in a two-year period, according to a Block Club analysis of CTA records. If you want to run a railroad, you should be on it. These fat-cat elites are far removed from the real life of public transportation. The biggies are too busy, their matters too important, to bother with the CTA. They have no clue about what it’s like to search for safety on a train car as the thieves and miscreants prey on riders. They don’t face the fear of standing in a bus shelter, alone at night, waiting for the ghost bus that never comes.
“Like a lot of CTA employees, from field personnel to executives, President Carter often does not use his card to gain entry to rail stations or board buses,” Steele said in a statement. “Some of the time, CTA employees do not tap their ID cards on the card readers, as field personnel recognize them and open gates on their behalf or let them on a bus. Or, staff enter facilities through work entrances.”Carter has led the agency since 2015.
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