Another rant about the CTA

So this public transportation thing is steady proving to be difficult. They postponed D-Day again, but what does that mean? Does that mean that the problem's not really as big as they say it is? Because they seem to be getting emergency funding from somewhere. This second delay of D-Day wasn't even publicized all that much. It kind of surprised me, actually. Because I was definitely expecting there to be a lot less buses as of November 4th. We were talking about it in my English class and about how the importance and urgency of the situation is slowly diminishing since they just keep pushing back the day. Each time they do that, the public just kinda is like "Again?" I mean, I know I am. But then again, it never really bothered me, the fact that they were having all these cuts and raising the prices. Because I have a U-Pass. Does that make me selfish? I mean, yea, it sucks because all kinds of people are gonna be losing their jobs. But, no offense to them, I have other things that I need to worry about. The fact that they're discontinuing a lot of routes, that part does suck because that also means longer waits for different buses. Which kinda makes me wish they did the cuts at the beginning of the summer, because I don't wanna be standing out in the cold waiting for a prolonged period of time. I'll admit, that part does suck.

I was reading the RedEye today when I saw an article about how scientists are linking obesity to global warming. They said that if people didn't drive so much and walked and rode their bikes more often, then they'd be helping to fix this global warming problem. It also said how obese people emit more carbon dioxide than a "normal" person. Maybe that's because of their tendency to drive opposed to walking and such. But I can't help but think that maybe they're also pushing towards using public transportation. I mean, they're printing articles that are promoting NOT driving. And it's getting cold out, so who's gonna wanna walk and ride their bikes. Come on now. So here's what I think: They're printing this article hoping that people will be like "They're right!" and they'll jump on the trains and the CTA crisis will be downgraded, not necessarily diminished. But brought down a level. I mean, it's the RedEye--a Chicago newspaper. It's likely, right?