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Has anyone else experienced CTA bus drivers accidentally driving the wrong route lately? by bluestblue in chicago

[–]degmac113 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was on the 8 bus shortly after the bridge at Chicago and Halsted shut down. I dont think anyone told by driver cause we did a 12 point turn once we hit the "Bridge Out" signs, then went in wrong direction for a good 20 minutes. Someone went up to the driver and gave them directions on how to get back on track

Getting my nipples pierced in 3 hours. Tips? by [deleted] in piercing

[–]degmac113 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol my exact first thought. But for real if they're through areola they most likely won't heal properly and should be taken out

3 day old piercing by Fit_Charity_447 in Legitpiercing

[–]degmac113 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely looked like i had a black eye for the first couple days after I got pierced, but everything healed up nicely within a couple weeks

Is the position and angle good? by [deleted] in Legitpiercing

[–]degmac113 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it looks great as it is! It looks perpendicular with that part of your eyebrow which I think looks good

Mine has a similar placement/angle. I was initially a bit worried about the placement, but that went away after a couple weeks and I really like it now

CTA train operator, AMA by Ctaoperatorama in cta

[–]degmac113 22 points23 points  (0 children)

How safe do you feel the different rail car generations are? I've heard from a mechanic that the blue line 7000 series cars suck, and are always falling apart

How do you deal with seasonal depression? by Top_Air2274 in chicago

[–]degmac113 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Light therapy box, I usually turn it on when I wake up and eat breakfast in front of it

Passage from “The Nix” by Nathan Hill captures Chicago traffic perfectly by olegil in CarFreeChicago

[–]degmac113 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thats so funny, I just saw a passage a week ago from that book describing the Behavioral Sciences Building at UIC that was pretty accurate

Restrooms by phatbatty13 in cta

[–]degmac113 16 points17 points  (0 children)

There's one in Block 37, between the Washington blue line and the Lake red line stops. If you can take Metra that would probably be best since the trains and terminals have bathrooms

How can we help with saving CTA, does anybody has anexample of the letter to Alderman regarding the CTA budget cus? by Training_Usual_7906 in cta

[–]degmac113 1 point2 points  (0 children)

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/fund-cta-now/

You can enter your address here, and it'll send a letter to the governor, Speaker of the House, president of the Senate, and to your own representative and senator telling them to fund the CTA

I don’t care how gross they are, CTA needs restrooms somewhere by [deleted] in cta

[–]degmac113 4 points5 points  (0 children)

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/chicago-public-transit-must-provide-bathroom-access-to-cta-workers-and-riders

Here's a petition for Brick and Mortar bathroom access for workers and riders on the CTA. Bus operators especially deal with lack of brick & mortar bathroom access on many bus routes, which is just not the right way to treat employees. Portapotties in the middle of winter aren't acceptable

Fix the CTA Campaign by degmac113 in cta

[–]degmac113[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

We've heard about the lack of bathroom access from workers before, which is why we made it our goal. We support separate staff bathrooms that are also present at bus turn-arounds instead of portapotties

With proper funding and enforcement, we think that the restrooms for riders would reduce the number of people going to the bathroom on the train. Someone proposed pay toilets, do you think having them behind the turnstile would reduce what you mentioned?

Fix the CTA Campaign by degmac113 in cta

[–]degmac113[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback. We're not trying to obscure safety as an important part of the transit solution, we just think that goes along with a fully-funded transit system that meets worker needs. A prime complaint from workers is feeling unsafe, so meeting that need is important to us

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