You can’t do that when travelling on the Chicago Transit Authority

July 29, 2007 by Barbara.

I took a train and then bus to the BlogHer07 conference Friday. On the train, my fellow riders and were asked to be considerate of others when speaking on a cell phone. A good reminder, especially given that the noise of the train would require people to yell. Since I had only my Blackberry and no business calls to make, I stayed off the phone.

On the bus, I heard a recording that “Eating, drinking, smoking, gambling and radio-playing [were] prohibited.” It hadn’t really occurred to me that gambling would be a good thing to do while riding on public transit but now that they’ve mentioned it …

On Saturday morning, soliciting was added to the list of things you can’t do while travelling with the Chicago Transit Authority.  Now that I hadn’t planned to do and won’t be doing even though they’ve put it into my mind.
 
For a such a rules-based organization the CTA was pretty good to me. The trains were sometimes slow or stopped due to construction but they were clean and not overly crowded. A “thanks for taking the CTA” sign or message would have balanced all of the rules, though.

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