If you use the cta....

I take the cta to work almost every day . It's not bad enough that they raised the prices of the fairs, it used to be 1.75$ for a pass that you can use up to 3 times. Then they eliminated the passes so now you had to pay 1.75$ per bus ride. After that I think that the prices raised to 2.00$. Now the prices have reached 2.25 $ per ride! To take 2 buses you have to spend almost 5 bucks or get a 1 day pass for 5.75$, if i'm not mistaken. The one day pass used to be 5$ even. The week pass used to be 20$, now it is at least 23$.

If things getting more expensive wasn't bad enough now starting Feb. 7 most buses and train will have reduced service. They are also eliminating some of the routs. They will eliminate: #X3 King Drive Express #X4, Cottage Grove Express, #X9 Ashland Express, #X20Washington/Madison Express, #X49 Western Express, #53AL South Pulaski Limited, #X54 Cicero Express, #X55 Garfield Express, #X80 Irving Park Express.

So even though we are paying almost twice as much as we did 5 to 7 years ago we get less service than we did then. It does not add up to me. Soon it will not be worth the time and money to take the public transportation. If you would like to find out more about what routes will be affected please

visit: http://www.transitchicago.com/travel_information/service_changes/20100207_timetables.aspx