Doris and I cross Grand Avenue several times a day on our walk to the dog park. As we wait at the red light for the sparsely occupied #65 bus to travel east to Navy Pier, I muse, wouldn’t it be lovely to take my adopted Jack Russell Terrier aboard?
The Chicago Transit Authority has never recouped ridership or revenue since the pandemic. One of the only benefits of the pandemic was the emptying of pet shelters. Home confinement meant loneliness. Shelter dogs were the miracle cure. Less dangerous than medical intervention, and more effective in the long-term, dogs became wedded to their owners. Once hitched, it was hard to separate human from animal and vice versa.
