‘Ghost’ buses and commuter safety on the CTA

Some Chicago transit riders are growing frustrated with so-called “ghost” buses and trains that aren’t showing up.

By Brenda Ruiz
A CTA Green Line train travels West away from downtown Chicago in this 2017 file photo. A proposed ordinance before the Chicago City Council seeks to draw more investment near transit lines and bus stops on the South and West sides while also preserving multi-family housing near transit on the North Side.
CTA train on the West Side Charles Rex Arbogast / Associated Press
A CTA Green Line train travels West away from downtown Chicago in this 2017 file photo. A proposed ordinance before the Chicago City Council seeks to draw more investment near transit lines and bus stops on the South and West sides while also preserving multi-family housing near transit on the North Side.
CTA train on the West Side Charles Rex Arbogast / Associated Press

‘Ghost’ buses and commuter safety on the CTA

Some Chicago transit riders are growing frustrated with so-called “ghost” buses and trains that aren’t showing up.

By Brenda Ruiz
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Service delays, violent crime and inaccurate trackers. Those are some of the concerns commuters have been raising since the COVID-19 pandemic sent ridership plummeting on the Chicago Transit Authority.

Reset discusses the CTA’s response to these issues and what needs to be done to solve them.

GUEST: P.S. Sriraj, director of University of Illinois Chicago’s Urban Transportation Center