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    <author><![CDATA[Cal Skinner]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[If the value of property in Chicago is dependent on mass transportation, then a property tax would be appropriate.
    
    I would suggest it only be on the land, however.  
    
    This is economist's Henry George's idea.  (George is the first noted American economist, for those who did not read "The Worldly Philosphers."
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Cheryl]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[I'm also in Ravenswood Manor but I work near the Mag Mile.  I haven't been on a train since the Francisco stop closed, and doubt I'll be returning once it reopens.  The two buses I use (Lawrence to the lake, then whatever express bus comes along) takes about an hour, hour 10 to make the trip each way.  The train *used* to take under an hour, then at least an hour, and who knows what it will be once the three-tracking goes into effect.
    
    D-.
        
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          Posted by Cheryl]]>
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      <![CDATA[I can get downtown from Rogers Park faster on a bike than on CTA these days.  I'm a big advocate for public transit, but I can't pretend the CTA is good transit.  And I think CTA should get more money, but onlhy when there's some real accountability and oversight and thought about making service better and faster.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Thad]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[I find the statement from Kiki's co-worker hard to believe. I will criticize the CTA as loudly as anyone, but for two years I've taken the Brown Line from the same area to my job in the Loop, and even with assorted problems, the trip has rarely been more than an hour. Though I usually ride the train during the semi early rush (say, 740 am, and 430 pm), I've been on the line at various times. 
    
    Is your friend also making one or two bus connections? Does she face a long walk from the El station to her office? Were that the case, I would find her view easier to believe.
        
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      <![CDATA[So I'm guessing the grade you'd pass out is more in the D- category?
        
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          Posted by Harold]]>
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    <author><![CDATA[Kiki]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[A former coworker just told me it takes her an hour and a half to get to her new job in the Loop. She takes the Brown Line from circa Ravenswood Manor. Three hours a day on public transportation when you live IN THE CITY? Ridiculous.
        
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          Posted by Kiki]]>
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