I agree, the brown line is the best train, followed by the orange line. FYI, if you're taking the red line to Chinatown again and have to get off, you can catch the 24 Wentworth (M-F), 29 State, 4 Cottage Grove, and the 3 King Drive bus to Cermak (2200 South). Or you can catch the green line going south and get off at McCormick Place. With the green line, you will have to walk west over to Chinatown, but it's not far.
It’s interesting you made those observations about the trains. I remember years ago when my friend and I traveled to NYC. It was summer and scorching hot! We stayed at a hostel on Bowery Street. The trains down town was jammed packed, smelly and no air conditioning. My friend and myself finally found relief on a train that was headed towards the direction of the upper east side. I only noticed the difference when I spotted this wedding planning who appeared on the Style network with her husband and baby. I went over and asked was she featured on the show and after we chatted that’s when the light bulb went on and I remembered she lived in UES. I told my girlfriend we were on the wrong train and we in fact had been. Upon taking the train to lower Manhattan it was smelly and jammed packed, no air conditioning and my girlfriend and I were startled by the difference. I always tell people there is a huge class divide is in the states.
She was reported as striking a CTA employee and the K9 got there before CPD. If they do not have a CPD patch and badge(shield) they are not CPD but a security vendor CTA has under contract.
The story about the homeless man is heartbreaking :( I am resisting getting on my soapbox about the subject of homeless people on the CTA, but I’ll just say that people don’t understand what “those people” go through. They don’t have anywhere to use the restroom, they don’t have anywhere to shower, they don’t have anywhere to clean their clothes, store or cook food, etc. That experience is cruel and humiliating enough - we don’t need other passengers making it even worse.
You're completely right. It's already a very difficult experience. Some even have health and mental challenges on top of it making it harder to get out of it. No one should be bullying them.
I saw a guy walk to the front of the train car, to that nook spot right before the door, and dropped his pants and took the biggest liquid shit, he was breathing super heavy and moaning. lol dude was not okay. When I actually processed what was happening (it happened so fast), I got up and saw someone light up a cig as I was making my way back... The guy with the cig did not join the rest of us in moving train cars btw... the red line man...
