Discussion of classmates' blogs

While reading my a lot of my fellow classmates’ blogs, I discovered how important transportation is and how it is badly needed in the city. The CTA is the main transportation system that I read about and there are many different issues that have yet to be resolved. Such issues as remodeling the CTA train cars, building more train stations, and enforcing better train rules are all things that I agree should be changed about the its current system. In Michelle’s blog titled “CTA Booster,” it was great to read that someone else shares the same thoughts and views about how much improvement the CTA can use. Seeing as that I am a daily CTA rider, I would like to ride in a more cleanly environment where I will not see stains and dirt marks all over the seats. Since CTA rides can be very long and I sometimes fall asleep on my ride from school to work, it would also be a great convenience for video monitors to be capable of telling people what the next stop is and the estimated time of arrival. I think it would also be very a great idea for the CTA to hire security guards to monitor the trains at major stops so that graffiti and other attempts of vandalism can be better prevented.
In Diego’s blog about CTA transportation, he mentioned how the CTA should add another station by the United Center where there is always large crowds. This is a neat idea and I believe it can be done sometime in the future with all of the passengers’ fares that the CTA receives.