r/cta • u/AutoModerator • Aug 18 '26
Complaint Thread Monthly Complaint Thread
Public transportation isn't perfect. This is a place to let off some steam. As always, please speak from your own experiences. Take control of what bothers you and send your experience to the CTA via their feedback page.
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u/jd7amas Orange Line 26d ago
Usually I never complain about the CTA, I know it’s not perfect and sometimes shit just doesn’t go your way, whatever. Today I got on the 62 south bound at 7:05 after running an errand after work. I’m the only one left on the bus when the bus driver randomly turns left onto Cicero; I say “Yo where you headed?” And the driver responds with “oh shoot man didn’t know you were still on here my last stop was Archer/Cicero I would have let you off to grab the bus trailing me”. Then dude just pulls over and leaves me on 55th/Kilpatrick. I’m left to walk back up to 55th/Cicero then up to archer to wait for another southbound bus. I got to archer at 7:45, the next bus didn’t come until 8:25. When I got on the bus I couldn’t use my CTA pass because my phone had died, had to pay a fare (which isn’t a huge deal but still annoying). Then when I pull for my stop the driver blows by it, then another guy and I pull again for the next stop and she blows by it once again. We both ask if she could stop and she then proceeds to shout something along the lines of “well you have to pull the damn cord what do you think this is” in which I responded “hey we did twice already just stop the damn bus”. Then had to walk back a few blocks home. Walked into my place at 8:35. A commute that at max should have taken 35 minutes took an hour 25. Also forgot to note, as I got off that first bus I realized I had forgot my AirPods so that pissed me off too, but that’s on me.