CTA Alerts
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After the Alert: CTA worker struck at Adams
Yesterday we got a number of alerts about a disruption in the Loop. The reason was as follows: Several trains have been rerouted Wednesday afternoon after a CTA employee performing track maintenance was struck by an Orange Line train in the Loop. About 11:43 a.m., two CTA crew members were on the tracks just south…
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Regular users contribute mightily to CTA Alerts
I first conceived CTA Alerts, the wireless notification utility for service interruptions on the Chicago Transit Authority, as a rider-to-rider service in the absence of good top-down communication from the CTA. Since we started, however, the CTA itself has been the top poster of information, and all of it is quality stuff. Tonight, however, highlights…
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After the Alert: Crane Accident
Yesterday we got a number of alerts yesterday evening about service disruptions downtown. Here’s what happened: CTA trains, buses rerouted because of crane accident The Associated Press May 19, 2007, 6:58 PM CDT A crane accident at a downtown construction site today led to the evacuation of several buildings and forced the Chicago…
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After the Alert: Bus Shooting on 103rd
My brother and I are planning a relaunch of his site, CTA Tattler. One of the features we want to add is, "after the alert", which would be follow-ups on the story behind an alert we received on our wireless notification utility CTA Alerts. Here’s one: Yesterday at 4:16 PM, we got the following alert…
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CTA Alerts Flame War Upshots and Guidlines Reiteration
We had some issues over at CTA Alerts this evening with a non-alert post that turned into a flame war. Here’s what I did based on that & a couple other instances over the last few months: Booted the users cubsfan14 and CTA_CONTROL for posting baloney. Also booted brown_line– just joined today and seemed a…