Rick Harris, president of Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 308, which organizes transit workers here, said the reason delays occurred in the evacuation was the Chicago Transit Authority’s (CTA) reduction from two- to one-man train crews.

Frank Kreusi, head of the CTA, responded that all major U.S. transit systems now run with one-man crews. That may be true but it only means all transit systems, not just Chicago, are guilty of trying to balance budgets on the backs of passenger safety.

John Votava
Chicago, Illinois  
 
Chicago transit II
On July 11, when an accident occurred in the Chicago subway, the first thought on many peoples’ minds and in the news media was that it was a terrorist attack. But this time the “terrorists” were the capitalists for neglecting safety, as they let tracks, trains and equipment deteriorate to save money.

A similar accident happened here in the Stockholm Metro about a year ago, when an older model train caught fire in a tunnel.

Per Leander
Stockholm, Sweden  
 
 
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