CTA Alerts
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More Boots at CTA Alerts
Last week I booted monay2007 for the fateful "what’s up people" callout. She’s in good stead with her other groups (TRUE CHAT, Teen Singles, etc.), however, so I don’t feel bad. We just weren’t for her. More perplexing was today, when I had to boot a couple people who got into an "eat me/ bite…
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What I’ve Learned from CTA Alerts
Back in August I launched the CTA Alerts with my brother Kevin over at www.ctatattler.com. Since that time, 406 people have signed up and made hundreds of posts. Here’s a look at the things I’ve learned from CTA Alerts: The CTA can be pretty forthcoming with information when they’re given a platform. Shorty after we…
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CTA Alerts & The Redeye
So Kyra Kyles of the Chicago Tribune recounts the Year that Was for the CTA and saw fit to mention CTA Alerts. Wireless updates available … but not from CTA Rider Daniel X. O’Neil steps up to the plate to offer peer-to-peer wireless updates for the "L" and bus. Riders can sign up on www.ctatattler.com…
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Get Rider-to-Rider CTA Service Alerts on Your Phone, SMS, or Email
So my brother Kevin has a weblog called CTA Tattler. It has lots of readers and a pretty broad community of people interested in the daily live of the Chicago Transit Authority has formed there. The site get lots of action when there is a service interruption on the CTA– people log on after being frustrated after rough commutes…