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Notes on a Transit System: Deux

As the summer winds down (three more weeks!), it is time for another assessment of CTA logistics.
Extra Buses (or, Why it’s Better to Live on the North Side)
I concluded in the first installment that leapfrogging can be legitimate. On a busy bus route, a pack of buses showing up to a bus stop with lots [...]

Posted 09 August 2007 at 10:24 am •  Comments (1)
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Another Monday

Yesterday I was up early (hungry cats, an eastern exposure, and waking up around 7 every weekday morning make it difficult to sleep late), and decided to finally go get my bike from Hyde Park. I had locked it up to a signpost about three weeks ago, after moving out of the5509, and hadn’t really [...]

Posted 02 July 2007 at 10:14 am •  Comments (2)
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Notes on a Transit System

Without the luxury of a twelve minute Metra train ride like last summer, I’ve learned a few things about the Chicago Transit Authority.
Leapfrogging Can Be Legitimate
Since moving to Chicago, everyone I know, myself included, has griped about the CTA. Service is not frequent enough, nothing is on schedule, and it just takes too damn long [...]

Posted 20 June 2007 at 11:58 am •  Comments (3)
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The Overdue Update

It’s hard to believe I’ve been back in the States for close to two weeks now. It’s amazing how fast doing close to nothing passes the time. As always when I’ve procrastinated for too long and have a ton to say, I’m going to break this one down. Here we go…
Portugal
After packing my bags and [...]

Posted 18 December 2006 at 2:26 am •  Comments Off
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