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The Chicago Transit Authority's new train cars went into service recently, and Chicagoans are not happy that the seating faces-in—their once scenic view of the city has been replaced by the butts and crotches of standing passengers, The Chicago Tribune's Jon Hilkevitch writes.
This is why people get angry with their public officials: The best advice from a Bay Area Rapid Transit spokesman to commuters stranded by a fire that stopped train service was "take a nice day off and enjoy the sunshine."
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