CTA Video
We don't know if this video will play in the blogger platform. We're going to give it a try though. This was recorded back in January and posted on X / Twitter.
(don't worry, you don't need an account to watch it - either here or on Twitter at this link:
Somewhere, a CTA spokesperson is typing ‘isolated experience.’
— Jen (@IlliniJen) January 10, 2026
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That's the Blue Line at O'Hare we believe.
Without even trying, we counted at least SIXTY, possibly SEVENTY, sleeping, overdosed, homeless and/or mentally ill people on a single CTA train.
And Conehead wonders why Trump wants to cut tens of millions in transit funding?
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posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
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It's much worse in the winter
Shutdown the trains after 10pm.
Enforce bag checks, patdowns, and refusal for mentals and bums.
None of them paid a fair and the paying customers are disgusted. CTA is doomed thanks to democrats.
from the many years of working cta special.....they never push to arrest or remove them from the train. During the winter ....when they reach ohare it looks like the walking dead. And at the time we had to ask them get off the train and walk through the turnstyle to be counted and back onto the train.
this is why I refuse to do CTA special anymore...We should all stop doing it for the following reason: We have no problem cleaning it up, that's what we are supposed to do- but- not if there is no plan and no direction and confidence in how to proceed. The people in that video are not yesterday's pissbum that you could either kick out of the platforms and trains or lock up on some class C.
This is so out of control that the hospitals do not want you bringing them there for involuntary psyche eval, so-called crisis intervention or 'detox.'
The lock-ups at all the districts do not want them in their cells when they are lice infested and covered in their own waste and end up being a b.s transport for meds waste of time who ends up district release and goes right back to the CTA...
what is the plan?
You now get dropped off at a platform. If you run into an arrest you have to call for a transport because you have no car. If you have the decency to process your own arrest (rather than hand it off to a district beat car), you now need another transport to the district of arrest ... for yourself!
Everybody says keep the blinders on and do it for the money and don't do any work. Man, this is broken.
Add another 100 spots to mayor's detail, and another 100 to CIRT, and add the invisible Mass Transit Unit to the hundreds of other invisible uniforms that you will never see flooding the trains to make it safe and useable for people who really need it.
then you have cowards stopping regular commuters for moving train to train for ANOVs because they're trying to get away from the stink and zombies on these cars?!
I slways thought "L" stood for elevated. To think, this whole time it actually stood for losers.
Years ago when the CTA had its own but small police force, the criminals and bums would flee those trains because they knew they didn’t take any shit from them. The CTA had their own attorneys in their legal department who would be dispatched to courts to assist in the prosecution of the arrestees. Mayor Byrne disbanded the CTA Police.
The big mistake CPD made with their transit detail was to have officers from other districts and units assigned working their days off. It seemed for SOME the interest was making overtime money and not getting involved. This can be a big problem if an officer is only there one day a week or a few weeks and is assigned all over the city and has no idea of what’s going on. If the City and CTA were serious about transforming the CTA Detail they need to throw a lot of money into it and expand the manpower vastly. The politicians who run CTA and the City have “wet dreams” about CTA ambassadors, security guards, dogs propaganda that shines in the news but doesn’t solve the problems or the declining tidership. Legit people stopped riding CTA because they know what can happen to them because they are view sites like SCC, CWB and a host of others.
The transportation system is supposed to generate money for the services it provides. There is no way it can when it caters to the criminals and the disgusting clown show that goes 24/7. These political dictators need to be asked one by one, would you allow this to go on in your homes. Would you allow your children to ride the CTA. The people who control CTA don’t ride CTA.
Think about the City’s motto,
“CHICAGO WORKS” . It works for them, but not for us!
was that a cadaver at 0:16?
Sad situation compounded by dimwitted leaders,
Democrats
Thank you God for letting me be stuck in traffic everyday where I only have to worry about not getting shot by a road rager
And conehead is giving millions of our money to the illegals.
Tourists leaving O’Hare must be impressed by Brandon’s raggedy city. First impression really count.
tis the season I hope this brief film is nominated for best documentary at the oscars.
Leave your worries behind
‘Cause rain, shine
Won't mind
We're ridin' on the groove line tonight!
Not good for Chicago tourism.
Wow..are these CTA Trains or a homeless camp?? This truly reminds me of what the police stations looked like when the illegals were camping out ( of course the police stations were much worse) but im sure the stink is no different!! How much do these riders pay for the CTA??? The seats are nasty, the smells are nauseating and can you imagine what germs or diseases you can pick up just being on that car or touching anything. Gross.
It used to be years ago once the train pulled into the depot everyone had to get off including the homeless..now all they do is just ride back and forth for free...whens the last time these trains have even been cleaned and disinfected??
Tom Darts’s Cook County Sheriffs are patrolling the CTA now. The homeless can expect pizza served daily.
It’s a rolling insane asylum! 🤣🤣
This kind of footage will be on a documentary years from now. It will be about the fall of western society
This isn’t funny, that could be Obama’s son, daughter, uncle, brother, etc…
There was actually a time when real adults rode the blue line train to work downtown everyday. They commuted to/from a safe, suburban like neighborhood. They read the paper or a book on their ride in. They relaxed and went about their business. You now have a better chance of being battered, set on fire or some other kind of heinous assault while on this train than anything else. Is this what “be the change” or “hope and change” meant? Is this what these signs saying “we all live here” mean? What happened to this place.
🤣 This town needs an enema!
The only difference between this city and Rome burning is there’s recorded footage and real time updates of our demise. If you have kids and you care about their future, get them out now.
It’s amazing that people pretend and convince themselves this is a sustainable, healthy Chicago. It’s over folks.
The video is absolutely true! I take the Blue Line to/from work several times per week. The earlier in the day it is & the colder it is outside, the worse it is! I’m on the train as I’m typing this. It smells like weed in here! I didn’t see anyone sleeping on the train today. It’s more unusual to ***not*** see them, than it is to see them.
I have to work for a living. I work downtown. My transit choices are limited. I can drive, but who can afford to park downtown. I can also take a bus, but those bike lanes have increased travel times to insane amounts.
There’s a poll floating around the dept designed specifically for cops who moved here from wherever to take the job. One of questions is “do you feel safe both on and off duty?” This kid in roll call was showing me. He actually said to me “bro, I don’t feel safe on or off duty, gang” I then stood up and left the room. What is happening?
This city is almost gone. It’s almost totally destroyed. But no matter. As long as I can still wear my CFD hats, t-shirts, sweatpants and shorts every single time I leave my overpriced, over-mortgaged house, it’s all good.
How to kids keep applying for and taking this job? Times must be really tough. Desperation is a nasty look.
Be the change!
And, since the CTA neglected to have bathrooms installed on each car, you can only imagine what these " unhoused" people have resorted to doing. Our last two mayors have done a lot to plunge this once great city into steady decline as liberal mayors of the same ilk have done all over the country. You can name the cities that are just about unlivable without even trying. And, it has little to do with race ( although that weighs heavily), as you can look at Seattle, San Francisco , Portland, Milwaukee, Los Angeles, New Orleans and St. Louis and Baltimore. Washington D.C would be a total slum except the Feds are able to step in.
For various reasons I had to visit Mexico City about 6 or 7 times over the 2010s. A sprawling city of 20 million people, the massive subway system there was cleaner, faster, safer, more reliable, & far cheaper than the CTA.
It was a shock; even this Third World nation had better public transit than Chicago, one of the largest cities in the wealthiest nation ever on earth. Mexico definitely has huge Cartel problems (thanks to Gringos' insatiable appetite for cocaine), but even they don't put up with what you see in this video.
The Blue Line is scarier than the Red Line anymore. Last time I rode it I had to move cars three times to get away from the open drug use and disgusting stench at 8:00 in the evening on a weeknight.
awwww maing, don't demonize dem yaya lovin yahoos!
-- Mayor Conehead
There are tunnels under the airport that were loaded with bust outs ( currently called unhoused individuals ) years ago.
maybe with all these high-definition cameras they can review recordings, watch as the agents allow all these "people" on for free and then fire those agents
It's your problem not the governments. They can't tax you enough to take care of this stuff. Something to do with massive pension costs.
I've been on the shut down thing for a long time. Good luck taking away any union job no matter how much sense it makes.
My kids spend a fortune on Uber and Lyft. They never mention why...
The mayors people, real Chicago values!
Was using the train a short time ago and noticed a homeless shelter office think there by where you exit the train platform. Think Haymarket has an outreach office there. Not sure but why is there an office there handing out free food at one of the busiest airports in the world?!? Not saying that's a reason the homeless hang out but maybe put it somewhere else where they could travel to away from actual tourists and people paying to either visit the city or pay to use the CTA.
J. Q. Citizen
When you remember back the millions and millions of dollars, and the total disruption of the expressway for years, to put this train into service out to Ohare, it really has to make you sick to see what has devolved from a transit service into a moving homeless camp, none of whom appear to be Northwest side residents.
Until they figure out what to do with the homeless and addicts, nothing will be fixed on the CTA
Just work enough to earn your social security benefits.
Polar Express
Not to mention the Haymarket facility at OHare where the pissbums are given free fare cards and told to ride the trains to stay warm or cool off...BTW..are people STILL doing Mass Transit with all the shit the departmentis doing? Jeez..
Cta is on a separate video system from pods (which sees everything.. boaf airports, boat ballpark, uc, McCormick, navy pier, cps, cha, etc) you can only see live view or remote into a few shit 1990 systems. Its ludicrous. Shit happened 4 minutes ago and the sdsc/atc tact whoever cant see shit. Dumb
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest Blue Line Express
Get the certificate, training and experience. Then leave for safer pastures.
Yea good idea bozo.. now they offering the OT to cook county sheriff's instead ..
How about trying doing that idea at your 9 to 5 so this city brought to its knees with treating the police better
Those sleeping men and women are trying to get some rest before a job interview I imagine...remember the police lobbies full of illegal immigrants?
Um, how did all this work under old man Richard J. Daley or Jane Byrne? I remember Chicago from back in '68 bc I'm an old fart (not PD) but paid attention to nooze back when.
Definitely need to keep the bums and mentals off! In fact, it seems like a certain person who was set on fire may have a negligence claim against CTA.
Tourists must love it.
They should bring back the CTA police.
Start with the DEI hire running the shoe. Fire her and all her relatives and friends.
Well written. I would never ride the CTA trains because I wouldn’t sit on a seat that I know someone with crap in their pants sat on before me. The lice exposure is also a probable outcome.
This is a train leaving O'Hare International Airport. Welcome to Chicago
Only get pizza if they don’t beat off.
Regarding the CTA cameras, does anyone know the brand name/manufacturer they use? Id like to get cameras for my house, and the CTA cams are very sharp and clear. They can zoom in on neck tattoos and if theres sound, you can hear the "mmmhhm's" from a good distance.
CTA trains sure looked safe when the Mayor and Governor ride them form political adds
Retired bus driver from Milwaukee. Years ago, we were told to "have a heart" and let the bums, homeless, mentally ill on and ride.
Sadly, looking at that video, it really makes you want to ride, huh?
These transit agencies can promote themselves/advertise all they want. When you hear of robberies, assaults or just waiting at a bus stop, and hearing "you got a cigarette" over and over, it gets old. Really old!
And kids broke a window on my bus (with cameras), and I was told "they're on welfare. we won't get the money." I wrote my report. "They broke the windows." His report said, "the operator THINKS they broke the window."
So, you know how the deck is stacked!
How often does CTA brass ever use their product?
https://www.transitchicago.com/rules/
But they have security at every stop although they ONLY observe and report!!! lol
I'll take your OT then
They are giving out free food at ohare. At the market just to the right of the blue stop. What could go wrong. Whoever thought of that disaster should be fired, but this place they were probably promoted.
That train probably isn't even in service. Just sitting at O'Hare all day long maybe ?
The pay and benefits. Only some of them actually want to be the police. In my class back in 2017, half of us actually wanted to be the police and the other half took the job for the pay and benefits.
The homeless should be offered free rides on top of the cars...If you make it to the end of the line, you get to ride for free all the way back on top too.
The last few times I was passing thru it looked much better. They actually have 2 P.O.'s at the entrance from the Blue Line.
don't worry, I'm sure the connected dei company that is being paid to clean the trains will testify that they are cleaning them all day, everyday
Stopping the trains at 10 is a good idea, set up some sort of citywide UBER service for people who can prove they are coming home from work.
It’s “fare”.
Maybe you should try biking then - cheaper than a gym membership.
No worries folks, KR is on it.
Yea, thats real encouraging..coming from a bunch or useless mutts
It would be so quiet.
Those are the standby voters for the next election, break glass if needed...
Any Cop that works 5-10 years at 050 or blue line 050 isn’t a fucking soft on dude mental . CYA Be safe out there. Don’t take those wooden nickels use logic .
Move Haymarket from O'Hare to 63rd and Halsted and to 95th and red line. Brandon this will create jobs for the community and for people of color. Your welcome Brandon, class dismissed,
You mean 60 or 70 Democratic voters.
The homeless will steal his bike while he is away...they all carry cordless angle grinders, also stolen.
Homeless shelters are just another federal taxpayer dollar ripoff scheme? They don't want to solve the problem. That would stop the gravy train. Ask a Somali pirate.
Bring back law and order, Chicago will be a thriving city again.
Go to: transitchicago.com
Do you believe any of this? With their “39,000 cameras” why aren’t they picking this up?
I worked Mass Transit for 20 plus years. 2nd watch and 3rd watch would kick all Stew bums and miscreants off the train during rush hours. Chicago coalition for the homeless and catholic charities would give out monthly passes each month and Cta allowed them on during extreme weather and over night. All bums and others were routinely kicked off during peak ridership hours and the brown and blue lines were kept bum free. That was when Mass Transit had close to 400 officers. I retired in '23 and the unit was down to under 100. The policy switched in about 2012-24 to leave bums and mental alone unless causing major disturbances. It's gotten worse every year.
The TV stations need to send their investigative reporters to ride the cta trains and video all of this debauchery and present it to the citizens/voters. Why don’t they?
Dude, you are an idiot. Work overtime whenever it is offered. The city will go bankrupt in a few years and the pension fund will go into receivership where you will get 25% over federal poverty line due to Dr. dean Angelo’s SB 666. Look it up.
Why isn’t this phenomenon of letting the crazy people, the bums and criminals prevalent on the commuter railroads. They have stations in Chicago?
So bring back the cabooses. Stuff em in there and let them ride in the back with the windows open.
Blue Shithole Democrat States
Dumb af Democrat voters
Enjoy
House them like the migrants - give them cell phones and money ? Oh wait that’s only for illegals not our actual homeless population who are citizens - veterans and people with actual disabilities
Well, don’t disagreeing, but if you rewatch the video, the Gringo cocaine use isn’t the problem, picture this drug use problem nationwide now
They get 1 sandwich and 1 cup of coffee a day
What do all those cities have in common? Can you imagine voting democrat still in today’s day & age ? It’s like cultural suicude
Bed bugs.
Some credit should be given to the CTA. The CTA Crime trains usually run on time, and you can have some unforgettable experiences (provided you survive) while meeting people who enjoy acquiring items of mutual interest from you. Bring a friend along so they too can enjoy the sights and sounds with you.
Axis
RIP to CMDR of CPD Mass Transit as well. It seemed to be well run when Bud 1 had the helm
They sure do. I was in the gym the other night I see this dude come on with a CFD hoodie he warms up takes it off to reveal a CFD t shirt also he had on a CFD cap and a Stanley CFD water bottle. Haha. Okay, douche. We get it. We know. We don’t care.
Calumet college and online create great leaders.Sad, they actually believe this nonsense.
You can't fix stupid and Corruption..It spreads like cancer. City is done.
I so wish The City would remove those stupid bike lanes!!! Streets are paved for vehicles and we pay the highest gas tax in the country to maintain them, but driving on them is like driving over craters.
Newly hired recruits heading to the old academy for their physical.
obamama said, "those could be my kids"
Great tourism video. Come to Chicago and ride the rails with authentic homeless people with a wide array of vices and addictions.
The bosses who run Mass Transit just don't care. They don't want anyone making waves. Run silent, run deep, go home safe
"Without even trying, we counted at least SIXTY, possibly SEVENTY, sleeping, overdosed, homeless and/or mentally ill people on a single CTA train." - SCC
“Our police department and our fire department respond to this location probably more than any other location in our jurisdiction,” (FP Mayor) Hoskins said. “Forest Park is the only community in Cook County … with two major train lines that end (there). So we provide police response, and fire and medical response."
https://wgntv.com/western-suburbs/cta-blue-line-service-between-forest-park-and-austin-temporarily-suspended-due-to-police-investigation/
Can't find the exact figure, but Hoskins said that it was *hundreds* of responses per year. Oak Park the same. OP fire apparatus is wearing out on the endless bum calls - every time ambo goes out, big heavy engine w/2 EMTs follows.
Watched an OP crew try to start a tired, dead engine - took about five big lithium battery packs *and* the genny on the service truck all paralleled *and* gentle professional tapping w/ball peen on the starter motor.
...and the village wants to build an overnight "unhoused" shelter that will attract even more trouble, *AND* a new $30 million swimming pool - rather than getting the PD up to strength and something decent for FD to work with.
...but they have the money to contract with some "ECHO" social service agency that supposedly handles street-psych calls. Their operator would NOT speak clearly into the mike when requested and would NOT send anyone when I called once - but they counted that as one of "700 calls for assistance handled by us," so's to help justify next year's contract.
DEI in action...
Evidently you weren't around for the "CTA Police." One car north of Madison, one car south of Madison. Guys assigned to the end of the line rail yards, and maybe 1 team of guy that were sanctioned by their bosses to make arrests. They were basically a high priced security guard outfit. And as far as bringing them back? Could you imagine the hiring and the supervisors they'd have in place? Would make CPD look like a "premier" agency. Every mutt boss that'd retire would magically become some "CTA Cmdr., or CTA Deputy Chief." And that lockup guy or review guy would retire and become "CTA Lt. or Sgt."
All Aboard...If you dare! Ding Dong, Doors Closing.
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