[remote or in-person] Chicago Transit Board

Chicago Transit Authority
Transportation

Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024
10:00 a.m. — 1:00 p.m. CDT

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567 West Lake Street Chicago, IL 60661 (Directions)

CTA Principal Offices, 2nd floor, boardroom

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Edited and summarized by the Chicago - IL Documenters Team

Note-taking by Nikebia Brown-Joseph

"These social issues that are a little outside of the transportation realm sometimes don't make us look very good at all," said CTA President Dorval Carter raising questions around the correlation between less busy ridership hours and crime on the CTA.

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Live reporting by Kevin Pearson

"These social issues that are a little outside of the transportation realm sometimes don't make us look very good at all," said CTA President Dorval Carter raising questions around the correlation between less busy ridership hours and crime on the CTA.

Kevin Pearson @kevin_beat606
Hey everyone today I am live tweeting the Sep 11th 2024 CTA board meeting for @CHIdocumenters

10:12 AM Sep 11, 2024 CDT

Kevin Pearson @kevin_beat606 2/12
The public is voicing their concerns of CTA bus service. Some concerns mention are elevators, emergency buttons and locations of bus stops.
Kevin Pearson @kevin_beat606 3/12
CTA officials gave update on the CTA employee who was shot near North side Red Line station. “He is recovering in the hospital” nbcchicago.com/news/local/cta…
nbcchicago.com/news/local/cta…
Kevin Pearson @kevin_beat606 4/12
CTA officials recognize CTA employees for their work in the 2024 DNC.
Kevin Pearson @kevin_beat606 5/12
Representative from Argonne National Laboratory gave a presentation on how to improve transit service in Chicago. anl.gov/article/argonn…
anl.gov/article/argonn…
Kevin Pearson @kevin_beat606 6/12
Officials also acknowledged the victims who died Labor Day weekend. cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/ne…
cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/ne…
Kevin Pearson @kevin_beat606 7/12
CTA president raised questions on how can they balance crimes that happen on overnight service. Saying that criminals are most likely to commit crimes when less riders are on the bus or train.
Kevin Pearson @kevin_beat606 8/12
CTA president requested data on crimes happening on CTA service overnight plus data on overnight ridership.
Kevin Pearson @kevin_beat606 9/12
CTA board members have voted unanimously to go into executive session at 11:17 am.
Kevin Pearson @kevin_beat606 10/12
Correction: CTA board member Lester L Barclay raised this question not CTA board president.
Kevin Pearson @kevin_beat606 11/12
The board returned to the regular meeting. All items voted on were passed. Please find link to agenda here transitchicago.com/assets/1/21/Se…
transitchicago.com/assets/1/21/Se…
Kevin Pearson @kevin_beat606 12/12
Meeting adjourned at 12:27 pm. Link to full CTA board meeting Sep. 11th 2024.
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