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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 10:37 AM Original message |
Doomsday for Chicago public transit......for real this time |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
1. Car pool? |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
2. are the lines they are cancelling in the red or black, i guess if they are money pits it makes sense |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 10:58 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. As a frequent visitor to Chicago, I can tell you buses and trains are always packed. |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. just wondering does packed mean making money though, |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 11:03 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. But the purpose of public transit isn't to "make money"..... |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 11:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. no the purpose is not to become a black hole that sucks money away |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 11:14 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. There's only one essential service in Chicago... |
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uncle ray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 11:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. how much money did you make the department today? |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 11:37 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. LOL. A kettle calling the black-hole black. |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 11:40 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. lol and i know a homeless guy who is a convicted sex offender, dosent mean every homeless guy is |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 11:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. quite a lot actually, they did cost estimate thingymajigs and found that we were the most revenue |
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ChicagoSuz219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
6. Hardly doomsday... |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
9. we have WARS to pay for...how dare you concern yourself with public transportation |
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bigmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
14. I'm a Chicagoan, and use the CTA all the time. |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 12:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. thanks for that, question for you would you pay more in fares to keep services |
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bigmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 08:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I'd be ok with paying higher fares, but I would guess a lot of other people can't afford to. |
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