SICK TRANSIT..inglorius hearings?

The PACE 626 bus I take to work had to pull over and restart a couple of times. Its dodgy condition, I am tempted to say, is a metaphor for mass transit in Northeastern Illinois. All of us who ride Metra, PACE, and the CTA will be affected by cutbacks to service.This morning, I heard State Sen. Julie Hamnos complaining about her suburban colleagues taking potshots at the CTA.
Read up, my suburban dear ones: We city folk work in your 'burbs, you need US and you need the mass transit that gets us to your office parks, your shopping malls, your factories, and your hospitals.If you don't believe me, then spend a day riding the yellow line, or PACE bus routes such as the 290, the 626 or the 386.You might be interested to know how far some city folks have to travel to get their jobs. I know people traveling from the South Side to get to Northbrook, for example. They need the L service to get up to the Skokie terminal on time for their bus.Ok.
Enough ranting. I'm going to a CTA public hearing tonight.More later.