Efficient Public Transportation: If London can do it, why not Chicago?
We want the whole world to see in 2016 that we are a world-class city, an Olympic host city. To prove this, however, we need a world-class transit system. To build such a system, our rail and bus transit agencies are demanding new Chicago and suburban taxes. The biggest demand comes from the CTA.
It’s time we compare ourselves with London, the 2012 Olympic host city. How does Chicago transit compare with London transit? Chicago’s transit covers 3 million residents and London’s transit covers 7 million. The CTA has 2,000 buses and London has 8,000. The CTA has 1,200 train cars and London has 4,000. Chicago wants world-class Chicago Transit Authority ; London has world-class mass Transport for London.
The CTA is a 43-year-old monopoly. It maintains the kind of ingrown Old-Boy management and rigid unionized workforce that have driven GM, Ford and Chrysler to the ... Read More...
