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Javier Perez’s full speech to the CTA board

By Steven Vance On November 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment

It’s probably too late for me to post this, seeing as the Chicago Transit Authority board approved the budget on Tuesday, but here is the full text of Javier Perez’s speech to the board on November 7, 2011, which I wrote about in “There is no typical CTA [...]

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Emanuel touts “swat team” CTA station renewal; advocates rally against federal cuts to transit

By John Greenfield On September 21, 2011 · 3 Comments

Rey Colón, Forrest Claypool and Rahm Emanuel

Yesterday was a busy one for transit-related press events in Chicago. In the morning Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) President Forrest Claypool appeared at the Logan Square Blue Line station, my local stop, to announce their plans to clean and rehab 100 stations within [...]

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