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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Manny Ramos

Buses, trains still ghosting commuters

A group of students wait for a CTA bus at a stop on North Western Avenue near West Lawrence Avenue on the North Side on Wednesday. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

It’s been two months since CTA President Dorval Carter Jr., speaking to the City Club of Chicago, vowed to fix the reliability issues plaguing one of the nation’s largest transit systems.

But the problem continues to fester, forcing commuters to miss appointments, arrive late to work or get stuck in the rain, as they wait for a bus or train that appears to be arriving soon — but then vanishes from the CTA’s online tracker.

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