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<title>RedEye - Kyra Kyles</title>

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        Slow moving for new CTA projects</title>

    
    
    
     
    
    
        	 
        	       


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        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    
    

    



 

    





<description>Implementation could take years
                        


                    
                    
                        Is it just "Going Public," or is the new American credo "less is more"?&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        Handicapped riders and the CTA</title>

    
    
    
     
    
    
        	 
        	       


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        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    
    

    



 

    





<description>Some stations hard to get around
                        


                    
                    
                        For those of us who navigate the CTA without physical limitations, the transit agency's shortcomings might be annoying, but bearable. But a recent experiment by a student from the Adler School of Professional Psychology demonstrates that for some riders, mass transit might be mission impossible.&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        Tips for the CTA commuter newbie</title>

    
    
    
     
    
    
        	 
        	       


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        <pubDate>Tue, 5 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    
    

    



 

    





<description>If you sense it's getting more crowded on "L" trains and in bus aisles, it's not just public transit paranoia.&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        CTA bike program keeps rolling ahead</title>

    
    
    
     
    
    
        	 
        	       


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        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    
    

    



 

    





<description>It's a mass transit marriage made in heaven.&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        The truth is out there for the CTA-Files</title>

    
    
    
     
    
    
        	 
        	       


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        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    
    

    



 

    





<description>On Friday, the "The X-Files: I Want to Believe" hits movie theaters, enabling fictional agents Mulder and Scully of previous TV fame to again plumb the darkest depths of extraterrestrial mystery.&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        Commuting in style</title>

    
    
    
     
    
    
        	 
        	       


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        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    
    

    



 

    





<description>Are you tired of that CTA transit map tie you bought on transitchicago.com?&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        No rapid rollout for Bus Tracker</title>

    
    
    
     
    
    
        	 
        	       


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        <pubDate>Tue, 8 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    
    

    



 

    





<description>Have you ever wondered about the rhyme and reason of the rollout of the CTA's Bus Tracker?&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.redeyechicago.com/~f/redeye/goingpublic?a=DkvPcJ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.redeyechicago.com/~f/redeye/goingpublic?i=DkvPcJ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.redeyechicago.com/~f/redeye/goingpublic?a=YbRLJJ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.redeyechicago.com/~f/redeye/goingpublic?i=YbRLJJ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.redeyechicago.com/~f/redeye/goingpublic?a=IRY7tj"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.redeyechicago.com/~f/redeye/goingpublic?i=IRY7tj" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.redeyechicago.com/~f/redeye/goingpublic?a=rcj3qJ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.redeyechicago.com/~f/redeye/goingpublic?i=rcj3qJ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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        You decided: CTA's Rotten Routes</title>

    
    
    
     
    
    
        	 
        	       


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        <pubDate>Tue, 1 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    
    

    



 

    





<description>After sifting through e-mails and  redeyechicago.com/ctablog  postings for a week after opening our public transit polls, "Going Public" officially announces the second-annual "Rotten Route" winner:&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        Rider backlash takes center stage</title>

    
    
    
     
    
    
        	 
        	       


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        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    
    

    



 

    





<description>"Going Public" agrees with the phrase, If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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        CTA takes tickets into its own hands</title>

    
    
    
     
    
    
        	 
        	       


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        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    
    

    



 

    





<description>"Going Public" is no fan of bus lane boors, a.k.a. drivers who park in designated bus stop areas and block bus paths or, in some cases, endanger riders.&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.redeyechicago.com/~f/redeye/goingpublic?a=RvnJcI"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.redeyechicago.com/~f/redeye/goingpublic?i=RvnJcI" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.redeyechicago.com/~f/redeye/goingpublic?a=v5xaOI"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.redeyechicago.com/~f/redeye/goingpublic?i=v5xaOI" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.redeyechicago.com/~f/redeye/goingpublic?a=IKIOai"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.redeyechicago.com/~f/redeye/goingpublic?i=IKIOai" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.redeyechicago.com/~f/redeye/goingpublic?a=7pPriI"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.redeyechicago.com/~f/redeye/goingpublic?i=7pPriI" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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