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Spotted a bit of a POV problem, a recent addition to the page, but defending my change here just in case. The CTA did not cut service January 1, 2005, as it had previously planned to, but this cannot necessarily be accredited to pressure from groups like Midwest Unrest.

First of all, the CTA's own explanation of why it did not cut service seems logical, and mentions nothing of these groups. The official reasoning is that a promise was made by Springfield legislators that service should not be cut now because they were willing to put a lot of energy into finding new money for the authority this year. Therefore, if the CTA went ahead with its cuts, it would seem to nit have faith in these legislator's abilities to find new funding for it.

While it is possible that such resident pressure is the real reason for delayed cuts, this is unlikely for a couple of reasons. First of all, the CTA has a history of not heeding to citizen pressure. Second, the fare evasion campaign by Midwest Unrest was misdirected. It was directed at the CTA rather than politicians, and if the fare strike had occurred, it would have only served to make the authority poorer than it already is, not solved any problems. Even if it was able to exert some pressure, it would have needed citizen support, but the Midwest Unrest campaign was largely ignored by the citizens of Chicago (though it did get some press time, admittedly.)

So, I've eliminated these as a reason for the CTA delaying cuts, but added a link to midwest unrest at the bottom of the page.

Laldm 19:39, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] General Managers and other Operating Officials

Can someone include the names of such officials and dates of service, including George Krambles, Harold Geissenheimer, and Harry Hirsch? They are, among others, significant in the recent history of CTA. Thanks.

[edit] Recent Derailing

Is the recent derailing of a train on the CTA's blue line important enough to be added to the article?

Unless the investigation results in something systemic, like an entire series of cars being sidelined, probably not (considering the distinction between Wikipedia and Wikinews). As indicated in other reports, it has happened a couple of times before (the Green Line fire was more spectacular) and a similar incident, a fire in the Red Line subway a couple of years ago, wasn't even mentioned this time around. Also was not as big as the train falling off the L in 1977. Now, maybe inserting a chronology of accidents on the Chicago L page might be appropriate, but http://chicago-l.org generally covers that topic.--Busjack 16:05, 12 July 2006 (UTC)