CTA Tattler

I am sooo glad I was lazy and drove to work today. Isn't this the third time in two or three weeks? Sounds to me like someone is trying to test the system.

I was on the red line today. The power on the train cut off right as we pulled into Fullerton. The operator made an annoucement about police activity and the usual "we hope to be moving soon". I didn't take any chances and was on the next southbound brown line train. Glad I did otherwise I would have been sitting there until they decided to re-route on the elevated tracks.

I was stuck behind the station where the supposed "police action" was occuring for about 50 minutes. It had to be at least 110 degrees in there with no airconditioning on probably the most crowded train I've ever been on. Was one of the worst things I've ever had to endure. People were scared out of their minds what with the London bombings and all. CTA really dropped the ball by not giving us more information. We had no idea if it was a bomb, an electrical outage, or some dumbass on the tracks. At about the 45 minute mark, people really started to panic and fights were breaking out about whether to open the doors and walk back to the station (which would have needed group consensus because there was barely enough room for people to walk single file). It was horrible.

It seems like every time I go to catch the Red Line lately, it's always delayed by something. I mean, if a southbound train is half-full by the time it hits Morse, there's got to be a problem. It's been so frustrating lately to ride.