so the CTA voted yesterday on how exactly they intend to screw commuters starting in July. it looks like I’m going to get by; they were threatening to stop running the evanston line after 10pm (which would strand me at work an average of 4-5 nights/week, leaving me the unpleasant options of 1) quitting my job, 2) buying a car and moving to a crappier apartment so we could afford said car, or 3) sleeping on the green room couch a lot), but it looks like I’ll just have to wait a longer time for the train at night. well, okay, I’ll deal. but what about all the people who live on one of the 54 bus routes that they’ve canceled? how the fuck are poor people supposed to get to work?

what infuriates me is that the CTA is actively trying to find ways to decrease the number of riders and to encourage people to “seek alternate forms of transportation.” what? public transit IS the alternate form of transportation. you can’t ride a bike when it’s 10 degrees below 0. you can’t walk across an entire city. the city of chicago is now encouraging people to drive their cars? that is fucked up and deeply short-sighted.