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Posted June 30, 2008 at 2:54 p.m
Ouch! The CTA could not be too happy with an RTA report written about in today's RedEye and the Trib. Though the overall safety of the CTA is such that it doesn't put riders in danger, the analysis isn't too encouraging, and includes findings like CTA rail operators being observed pulling away from stations without checking to see if all the doors were closed.
Here's what might be the biggest yee-ouch, according to an excellent piece written by Jon Hilkevitch:
"The safety audit found that the CTA is not conducting enough emergency-response drills and that its construction-safety performance on the $530 million Brown Line reconstruction project 'is not satisfactory.'"
The CTA has money woes-- some dating back for decades-- that make it difficult for the agency to get everything 100%, and we understand that. Every day, we see the agency working on some aspect of the system, though it may be an annoying process for us riders.
But come on, rail operators not checking to see if doors are closed? I gabbed about this around noon on WGN-AM with the esteemed Bob Sirott. Enough of my analysis. What do you think of this report? Do you feel safe on the CTA?
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