#Chicago cta

[lucyslenses]

Red Line - Blue Line Transfer Corridor.

Shot with Nikon D100.

[brianfrench1995]

1964 Chicago, Illinois Medical Center District Postcard

@postcardtimemachine

[sasswonfp]

CHICAGOAN HATSUNE MIKU. Specifically the winter version <3. (alt text provided! :3)

[transit-fag]

A bill has been proposed in the Illinois state legislature to merge the CTA, Metra and Pace into one agency to reduce redundancy and better fund transit in the Chicago Area

[notbecauseofvictories]

Just wanted to say you kinda opened my eyes with your post about public transit a month ago. I am deathly afraid of public transportation. I guess seeing all the news and videos of horrible things happening on buses and subways made me ignorant of the fact that it’s just people. It’s just people. And that’s awesome. I’m gonna go ride a bus and thank the driver

I would never claim that nothing terrible happens on the bus---I've read those news stories too, to deny that it's possible would be flatly incorrect. Even in just my personal experience, there are dismissive, rude or belligerent people everywhere. People smell...different, especially when everyone is sweating through their winter coat, and unfortunately we can't convince certain members of the human race to buy some damn headphones. Still, I've been living in Chicago since 2010 and have never owned a car; I take a lot of buses and ride in a lot of taxis, I've biked from River North to Edgewater, taken the El from O'Hare down to Woodlawn, and ridden the Metra to the surburbs, to other states.

And I love public transit. I write about how much I love it with an almost unwell frequency---how it's a vehicle for grace, how the people who work there can be delightful, that it brings you into contact with people you wouldn't ordinarily meet. I still think about this article from Chicago magazine, where CTA workers were interviewed to talk about the highs, lows, and general insanity of the job. To recount every person I've had an unexpected conversation with, or shared a meaningful glance, or just admired from a distance as they gave up their seat, would take more time than any of us have.

Ultimately, everyone has to make their way through the world. When you realize that that's all people are really doing on the bus---or the train, or the subway, or the streetcar, or whatever other public transit is available to you---the idea of sitting alongside them doesn't seem so monumental. Everyone there just wants to get where they're going, and maybe arrive a little better than when they left.

[quinnmil]

[kodachrome-net]

CTA Sundown, September 2013

[itsfullofstars]

Angie McMonigal Photography-6830-Edit by Angie McMonigal https://flic.kr/p/f6reP6

[copperbadge]

New L challenge? https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-1O5LdPBul/?igsh=MW5oejFxbHU4OXZ4dw==

That's really fun! For those who don't want to watch the video it's basically just a "crawl" suggestion where you ride an entire line, getting off at each stop to do something fun.

I was thinking it would be interesting to do. When I first moved to Chicago I wanted to write a book where I went to every El stop and just explored the vibe. I don't think it would be as interesting as I used to, but it'd still be fun to spend a day Touring A Line. Maybe even two if you do it right.

I honestly had such a good time on the yellow line. It was near the end of the day and nobody really takes that line unless they live out in Skokie, but it was a lovely ride and there's a very quaint little shopping area with a nice Target and what I'm told is a GREAT bagel shop. I'd love to go back and try it.

My autumn is extremely busy and by the time I can come up for air the cold will have set in, so this might need to wait until next spring while I spend winter re-exploring the Pedway, but I will keep the idea in my back pocket. I would actually very much like to go to the library near the Forest Park terminus, and there's an abandoned El station nearby that I want to learn more about.

Also I wouldn't have to fuckin' map out where to pee, or at least wouldn't have to do it so intently.

[istandonsnowpiles]

Turnaround Yard

[lucyslenses]

Howard.

Shot with Nikon D800.

[brianfrench1995]

1964 Chicago, Illinois Congress Street Highway Postcard

@postcardtimemachine

[pluckydreams]

August 6, 2024

Location: Chicago, IL

shot on Kodak Ektar H35 with Kodak HD 400 (expired)

[quinnmil]

[missroserose]

cta gothic

Your trip requires a transfer. You get off the Red Line for your transfer. The station smells like dirty socks. The Pedway directs you beneath downtown, through the refrigerated perfumed air of a mall arcade, and out to the Blue Line. The station smells like dirty socks. The arrivals board says your train will arrive in five minutes. Five minutes passes. Six. A violinist saws away in one corner, somehow audible through Animotion in your noise-canceling headphones. The station smells like dirty socks. Seven minutes. A train arrives. It’s going the wrong direction. Google tells you three trains are on their way within ten minutes. Ten minutes passes. None have materialized. The violinist has left to seek more lucrative audiences. You will be late for your pole class. The station smells like dirty socks.

[jt1674]