Chicago Transit Board
Chicago Transit Authority
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
9:30 a.m. — 1:00 p.m. CST
Remote
This is a remote assignment to cover the following meetings, starting at 9:30 a.m.:
- Committee on Strategic Planning and Service Delivery Committee on Finance, Audit and Budget
- Transit Board
The meetings will be live-streamed at https://www.youtube.com/user/CTAConnections/videos. The video may not appear until at or a few minutes after the scheduled start time. If you do not see it right away give it a few moments and try refreshing the webpage.
The assignment end time is an estimate based on the duration of past meetings.
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Reporting
Edited and summarized by the Chicago - IL Documenters Team
Hiring plans, ghost buses, criticism of CTA
09:29 AM Mar 8, 2023 CST
Meeting agendas and other details: transitchicago.com/board/notices-…
The first committee approves eliminating a bus line, the 98 Avon Express. It was a recent discussion topic on reddit:
reddit.com/r/transit/comm…
Next is the full Chicago Transit board meeting. It starts with public comments.
"President Carter and his team are playing you and the public for a fool."
abc7chicago.com/cta-train-trac…
Bus gaps are down, "showing continued progress."
He's "encouraged by annual ridership growth."
Carter concluding his update, "We place a very high premium on being transparent on every step we take."
wbez.org/stories/cta-pr…
He works to find contractors that qualify as Disadvantaged Business Enterprises.
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Agency Information
Chicago Transit Authority
To govern and administer the Chicago Transit Authority.
Remote meetings of the CTA board are live-streamed at https://www.youtube.com/user/CTAConnections/videos. The video may not appear until at or a few minutes after the scheduled start time. If you do not see it right away give it a few moments and try refreshing the webpage.
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