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“Recent nearby project work has created some instances of unsafe boarding [and] alighting conditions for [Chicago Transit Authority] customers, resulting in unplanned, temporary bus stop changes,” spokespeople for the transit authority said in a statement. "...(C)ertain circumstances are beyond CTA’s control,” the spokespeople said.
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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Instead people should use the forgotten underground freight system. It is below the Pedway system. The only downsides are flooding/Morlocks and possibly Jimmy Hoffa wandering around.
https://chicagodetours.com/chicagos-freight-tunnels-the-forgotten-underground-2/
Hmmm….. Sounds like systemic racism!