It's the weekend -- so that means CTA work, right? This weekend we have repair work and suspended service on three rail lines -- Blue, Green and Yellow.
Blue Line service between the Clark/Lake and the Division L stations will be suspended from 9 p.m. Friday until 3 a.m. Monday for track and signal work. Also this weekend, Green Line service between 35th/Bronzeville/IIT and Roosevelt will be suspended from 1:30 a.m. Saturday to 4 a.m. Monday for repairs, and on the Skokie Swift / Yellow Line from 6 a.m. till 3 p.m. Sunday. Bus shuttles will be offered for the suspended L service.
As always, leave more time. A young friend of mine got caught by that Blue Line construction last Saturday -- and ended up very, very panicked and 15 minutes late to a school activity. The teacher didn't accept the CTA as an excuse.
The C.T.A should sell carbon offsets to raise money. Value could be determined by how many cars C.T.A. policies and improvements took off the road.Further credits could be established by planting trees on their many properties.Ivy could even grace unsightly el lines.