1
00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:11,033
LINK TO CMAP'S NEW ENTER ACTIVE

2
00:00:06,633 --> 00:00:12,933
SITE.

3
00:00:07,733 --> 00:00:13,400
TO CAROL MARCH AND AND THE HEAD

4
00:00:11,033 --> 00:00:16,033
OF ONE THE MAJOR TRANSIT

5
00:00:12,933 --> 00:00:17,833
AGENCIES.

6
00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:19,466
>> A BIT OF A BUMPY COMMUTE THIS

7
00:00:16,033 --> 00:00:21,566
MORNING BUT LOOKING BACK THE CTA

8
00:00:17,833 --> 00:00:23,300
HAD A GOOD YEAR IF 2014.

9
00:00:19,466 --> 00:00:24,866
IN FARE HIKES AND MAJOR IMT

10
00:00:21,566 --> 00:00:26,766
PROFLTS WERE MADE TO A NUMBER OF

11
00:00:23,300 --> 00:00:28,766
STATIONS AND BRANCHES.

12
00:00:24,866 --> 00:00:30,033
NEW BUSES AND TRAINS CAMEON

13
00:00:26,766 --> 00:00:33,300
LANE, SO WHAT WENT WRONG THIS

14
00:00:28,766 --> 00:00:36,466
MORNING AND WHAT IS AROUND THE

15
00:00:30,033 --> 00:00:38,633
CORNER FOR THE CTA IN THIFT?

16
00:00:33,300 --> 00:00:39,066
HERE WITH ALL THE ANSWERS,

17
00:00:36,466 --> 00:00:40,800
FORREST CLAYPOOL, THE CTA

18
00:00:38,633 --> 00:00:42,733
PRESIDENT.

19
00:00:39,066 --> 00:00:44,566
WHAT HAPPENED THIS MORNING?

20
00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:46,366
>> BROKEN SWITCH IN THE SOUTH

21
00:00:42,733 --> 00:00:47,866
LOOP, REQUIRED US TO REROUTE

22
00:00:44,566 --> 00:00:49,266
TRAINS AND CAUSE SIGNIFICANT

23
00:00:46,366 --> 00:00:51,900
DELAYS FOR WHICH WE APOLOGIZED

24
00:00:47,866 --> 00:00:54,600
TO OUR CUSTOMERS.

25
00:00:49,266 --> 00:00:56,200
IT IS ONE OF THOSE SWITCHES THAT

26
00:00:51,900 --> 00:00:57,833
WE ARE NOW AS A PREEMPTIVE

27
00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:59,466
MEASURE WILL REPLACE TWELVE

28
00:00:56,200 --> 00:01:05,133
OTHERS IN THE LOOP OF SIMILAR

29
00:00:57,833 --> 00:01:05,700
AGE AS A PREVENTIVE MEASURE TO

30
00:00:59,466 --> 00:01:06,400
HOPE TO MINIMIZE THE CHANCES OF

31
00:01:05,133 --> 00:01:07,133
THIS HAPPENING AGAIN.

32
00:01:05,700 --> 00:01:09,033
WHAT DO YOU DO, I'M NOT SAYING

33
00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:10,233
THIS IS AN INSTANCE, IF THIS WAS

34
00:01:07,133 --> 00:01:12,333
AN INSTANCE WHERE ONE OF YOUR

35
00:01:09,033 --> 00:01:13,966
CONTRACTORS, ONE OF YOUR PEOPLE

36
00:01:10,233 --> 00:01:17,133
THAT DOES THESE THINGS DIDN'T

37
00:01:12,333 --> 00:01:19,433
PERFORM WELL ENOUGH, WHAT IS THE

38
00:01:13,966 --> 00:01:19,800
LEVEL OF ACCOUNTBILITY THAT IS

39
00:01:17,133 --> 00:01:21,500
IMPOSED ON THEM TO NOT MAKE

40
00:01:19,433 --> 00:01:23,166
MISTAKES?

41
00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:25,166
>> WE HOLD OUR CONTRACTORS TO

42
00:01:21,500 --> 00:01:26,400
THE LOWER OF THE CONTRACT AND

43
00:01:23,166 --> 00:01:30,200
STANDARDS AND OUR OWN EMPLOYEES

44
00:01:25,166 --> 00:01:34,033
ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT THEY DO.

45
00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:35,533
IN THAT RTA STUDY THAT WE FOUND,

46
00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:38,533
36 BILLION IN CAPITAL OVER TEN

47
00:01:34,033 --> 00:01:39,766
YEARS, OF THAT AMOUNT, WHAT IS

48
00:01:35,533 --> 00:01:42,000
THE CTA'S CHUNK?

49
00:01:38,533 --> 00:01:44,333
I'M NOT REALLY SURE.

50
00:01:39,766 --> 00:01:45,500
THE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN BANDIED

51
00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:46,333
ABOUT AND TO A FEW YEARS AND

52
00:01:44,333 --> 00:01:46,800
THERE HAS BEEN DISINVESTMENT

53
00:01:45,500 --> 00:01:50,300
UNTIL THIS ADMINISTRATION,

54
00:01:46,333 --> 00:01:53,000
FRANKLY.

55
00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:55,000
THE MAYOR CAME IN IN 2011 CTA

56
00:01:50,300 --> 00:01:58,833
WAS TAKING CAPITAL TO FUND

57
00:01:53,000 --> 00:02:00,600
OPERATING BUDGETS AND NOW WE ARE

58
00:01:55,000 --> 00:02:03,800
WELL INTO A $5 BILLION

59
00:01:58,833 --> 00:02:05,700
MODERNIZATION CAMPAIGN REPLACING

60
00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:08,533
OUR BUS AND FLEETS AND WE ARE A

61
00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:12,533
THIRD OF OUR STATIONS HAVE BEEN

62
00:02:05,700 --> 00:02:14,200
REPLACED OR REHABBED AND ALL THE

63
00:02:08,533 --> 00:02:16,266
WAY DOWN TO THE SUB-STATIONS,

64
00:02:12,533 --> 00:02:18,600
OUR BUS AND RAIL YARDS WHICH

65
00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:21,166
WILL INCREASE THE OPPORTUNITY

66
00:02:16,266 --> 00:02:23,800
FOR RELIABLE SFGS.

67
00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:25,300
>> THE LOW GAS PRICES THAT WE

68
00:02:21,166 --> 00:02:27,066
ARE SEEING, A TRICKLE DOWN

69
00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:28,833
EFFECT THAT PEOPLE FEEL MORE

70
00:02:25,300 --> 00:02:29,766
COMFORTABLE JUMPING IN THEIR CAR

71
00:02:27,066 --> 00:02:33,266
AND THEREFORE NOT TAKING PUBLIC

72
00:02:28,833 --> 00:02:35,666
TRANSPORTATION?

73
00:02:29,766 --> 00:02:36,000
AND THEREFORE DECLINING

74
00:02:33,266 --> 00:02:37,900
PROVIDING THE CTA WITH LESS

75
00:02:35,666 --> 00:02:38,400
REVENUE?

76
00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:40,500
>> IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT WOULD

77
00:02:37,900 --> 00:02:42,566
HAPPEN.

78
00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:43,800
WE HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET.

79
00:02:40,500 --> 00:02:45,066
SO WE WILL SEE, PARKING IS STILL

80
00:02:42,566 --> 00:02:47,633
SHERIFF AND INSURANCE IS

81
00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:49,800
EXPENSIVE, AND THIS YEAR WE ARE

82
00:02:45,066 --> 00:02:50,633
ON TRACK TO HIT THE HIGHEST RAIL

83
00:02:47,633 --> 00:02:53,700
RIDERSHIP IN CTA HISTORY IN 50

84
00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:55,833
YEARS.

85
00:02:50,633 --> 00:02:58,166
SO AN WE HAVE GOTTEN RECORD RAIL

86
00:02:53,700 --> 00:03:00,266
RIDERSHIP EVERY YEAR SINCE 2013.

87
00:02:55,833 --> 00:03:00,933
AS THE SOLICITED QUESTIONS FROM

88
00:02:58,166 --> 00:03:06,633
VIEWERS TO SEE WHAT THEIR

89
00:03:00,266 --> 00:03:07,666
EXPERIENCE IS.

90
00:03:00,933 --> 00:03:11,400
A LOT OF CONTROVERSY, ON THE

91
00:03:06,633 --> 00:03:12,700
ACTUAL, WHETHER THE CITY IS

92
00:03:07,666 --> 00:03:14,066
TRYING TO PLOW FORWARD ON THAT

93
00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:15,666
CENTER LANE OPERATION BECAUSE

94
00:03:12,700 --> 00:03:16,833
THERE IS FEDERAL MONEY FENWAY

95
00:03:14,066 --> 00:03:19,466
PARK IF THERE WASN'T THE CITY

96
00:03:15,666 --> 00:03:20,566
WOULDN'T DO IT, FAIR?

97
00:03:16,833 --> 00:03:22,400
>> I A SURE YOU WE ARE LOOKING

98
00:03:19,466 --> 00:03:22,866
AT IT SAFELILY.

99
00:03:20,566 --> 00:03:25,033
WE ARE IN THE PLANNING STAGES,

100
00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:26,466
STILL.

101
00:03:22,866 --> 00:03:28,533
WE WILL TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT

102
00:03:25,033 --> 00:03:30,300
IN THE FINAL DESIGNS.

103
00:03:26,466 --> 00:03:32,000
THIS IS THE LONG WAY TO GO

104
00:03:28,533 --> 00:03:33,766
BEFORE IT IS A DONE DEAL.

105
00:03:30,300 --> 00:03:35,033
DOES THE COMMUNITY IF YOU HAD TO

106
00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:36,333
PUT A PERCENTAGE ON IT, THE

107
00:03:33,766 --> 00:03:36,966
COMMUNITY THAT YOU HEARING FROM,

108
00:03:35,033 --> 00:03:38,100
HOW MANY ARE FOR IT AND HOW MANY

109
00:03:36,333 --> 00:03:41,566
AGAINST IT?

110
00:03:36,966 --> 00:03:44,833
YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE

111
00:03:38,100 --> 00:03:46,500
COMMUNITY BROADLY, PERHAPS WITH

112
00:03:41,566 --> 00:03:49,800
WESTERN AND ASHLAND ARE THE TWO

113
00:03:44,833 --> 00:03:50,800
BUSIEST ROWEDS AND THE SPEEDS

114
00:03:46,500 --> 00:03:52,533
THAT THIS ROUTE MATTER, SPEED

115
00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:53,066
MATTERS, WE KNOW THAT.

116
00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:54,566
IT DETERMINES WHETHER PM RIDE IT

117
00:03:52,533 --> 00:03:57,666
OR NOT.

118
00:03:53,066 --> 00:03:59,033
THE COMMUNITY AFFECTED BY SOME

119
00:03:54,566 --> 00:04:00,600
OF THE DECISION THAT IS PART OF

120
00:03:57,666 --> 00:04:02,100
THAT, LEFT TURN LANE, OBVIOUSLY

121
00:03:59,033 --> 00:04:02,533
THEY ARE MORE COMPACTED AND WE

122
00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:05,833
HAVE TO TAKE THEM INTO

123
00:04:02,100 --> 00:04:07,733
CONSIDERATION.

124
00:04:02,533 --> 00:04:09,633
IF THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES ARE NOT

125
00:04:05,833 --> 00:04:10,800
ESSENTIALLY SACRIFICING FOR THE

126
00:04:07,733 --> 00:04:12,500
LARGER COMMUNITY YOU HAVE TO

127
00:04:09,633 --> 00:04:14,733
MAKE COMPROMISES.

128
00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:17,833
ALONG THE SAME LINES THERE IS A

129
00:04:12,500 --> 00:04:21,300
LOT OF FEROCIOUS RHETORIC AROUND

130
00:04:14,733 --> 00:04:21,733
THE STATUS OF TEARING DOWN

131
00:04:17,833 --> 00:04:24,366
SIXTEEN BUILDINGS AT THE BELMONT

132
00:04:21,300 --> 00:04:27,966
F-FULLYOVER.

133
00:04:21,733 --> 00:04:29,633
IS IT WORTH MONEY TO DISPLACE,

134
00:04:24,366 --> 00:04:30,500
THE TIME TO MAYBE INKRAES TRIP,

135
00:04:27,966 --> 00:04:32,433
OR DIMINISH A TRIP BY A COUPLE

136
00:04:29,633 --> 00:04:32,833
OF MINUTES

137
00:04:30,500 --> 00:04:35,666
>> THAT IS NOT WHAT THAT IS

138
00:04:32,433 --> 00:04:37,966
ABOUT.

139
00:04:32,833 --> 00:04:41,133
IT IS ABOUT CAPACITY ON THE

140
00:04:35,666 --> 00:04:42,366
BUSIEST RAIL LINE THAT WE HAVE.

141
00:04:37,966 --> 00:04:44,466
THE RED LINE IS GROWING

142
00:04:41,133 --> 00:04:45,900
DRAMATICALLY, BARELY KEPT UP

143
00:04:42,366 --> 00:04:48,233
WITH THE DEMAND, NEW RAIL CARS

144
00:04:44,466 --> 00:04:50,333
AND ADDITIONAL SERVICE.

145
00:04:45,900 --> 00:04:52,100
TO MEET THAT DEMAND AND IF WE

146
00:04:48,233 --> 00:04:52,833
CAN'T UNLOCK THAT BOTTLENECK

147
00:04:50,333 --> 00:04:55,466
THERE, YOU ARE PUTTING A CAP ON

148
00:04:52,100 --> 00:04:57,533
THE RED LINE.

149
00:04:52,833 --> 00:04:59,433
YOU WILL TUSH PEOPLE AWAY, THEY

150
00:04:55,466 --> 00:05:00,933
WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET ON THE

151
00:04:57,533 --> 00:05:01,966
PLATFORMS AND LEAVE THE SYSTEMS,

152
00:04:59,433 --> 00:05:04,466
OR THEY WILL LEAVE THE

153
00:05:00,933 --> 00:05:07,166
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE PROVIDING

154
00:05:01,966 --> 00:05:10,366
SOME OF THE GREATEST ECONOMIC

155
00:05:04,466 --> 00:05:12,966
BENEFITS IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW.

156
00:05:07,166 --> 00:05:14,533
ARE THE TEAR-DOWNS INEVITABLE.

157
00:05:10,366 --> 00:05:15,733
NOTHING IS INOFESTIBLE, IT TAKES

158
00:05:12,966 --> 00:05:17,800
TIME AND WE ARE DOING

159
00:05:14,533 --> 00:05:19,966
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS AND THERE

160
00:05:15,733 --> 00:05:23,200
ARE ALSO NO HISTORICAL

161
00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:28,833
PROPERTIES THERE, NOTHING THAT I

162
00:05:19,966 --> 00:05:30,733
THINK WOULD, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES

163
00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:33,033
THERE IS A COMPLEX PROCESS.

164
00:05:28,833 --> 00:05:35,300
>> BUT IF IT'S YOUR HOUSE?

165
00:05:30,733 --> 00:05:36,966
>> YOU TRY NO MINIMIZE ANY

166
00:05:33,033 --> 00:05:40,100
TAKINGS, BUT INDIVIDUALS ARE

167
00:05:35,300 --> 00:05:42,600
COMPENSATED AS GENEROUSLY AS

168
00:05:36,966 --> 00:05:45,133
FEDERAL LAW ALLOWS AND IT GIVES

169
00:05:40,100 --> 00:05:47,033
THEM MARKET S&L VALUE OR COSTS.

170
00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:48,766
>> I WILL SEE AN OLD BUS, WITH

171
00:05:45,133 --> 00:05:50,766
THE HOOD ON THE BACK, THERE ARE

172
00:05:47,033 --> 00:05:51,100
STILL DESPITE THE REPLACEMENT A

173
00:05:48,766 --> 00:05:53,100
LOT OF THESE OLD VEHICLES.

174
00:05:50,766 --> 00:05:53,466
RIGHT?

175
00:05:51,100 --> 00:05:56,200
>> ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH THE

176
00:05:53,100 --> 00:05:57,866
TURNOVER?

177
00:05:53,466 --> 00:06:00,900
>> THAT IS WHY WE ARE RAPIDLY

178
00:05:56,200 --> 00:06:03,266
REPLACING THEM, IN THE MIDDLE OF

179
00:05:57,866 --> 00:06:05,200
A 300-BUS DELIVERY AND IN THE

180
00:06:00,900 --> 00:06:06,533
MIDDLE OF A GET REHAB JOB, EVERY

181
00:06:03,266 --> 00:06:07,133
BUS IS TORN DOWN TO ITS STEEL

182
00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:09,100
FRAME AND EVERYTHING IS

183
00:06:06,533 --> 00:06:12,066
REPLACED.

184
00:06:07,133 --> 00:06:14,866
WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO ALMOST

185
00:06:09,100 --> 00:06:16,733
BRAND NEW BUS FLEET, AS CLOSE AS

186
00:06:12,066 --> 00:06:18,933
YOU CAN GET AND THE SAME THING

187
00:06:14,866 --> 00:06:20,900
ON THE RAIL SIDE.

188
00:06:16,733 --> 00:06:21,533
>> AS A COMMISSIONER YOU ARGUED

189
00:06:18,933 --> 00:06:23,000
AS A REFORMER, ARE YOU STILL?

190
00:06:20,900 --> 00:06:24,700
>> SURE.

191
00:06:21,533 --> 00:06:26,466
>> AND HOW DO WE KNOW?

192
00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:28,866
>> I HOPE YOU LOOK AT MY RECORD

193
00:06:24,700 --> 00:06:29,200
AND LOOK AT THE MAYOR'S RECORD.

194
00:06:26,466 --> 00:06:31,900
THE CTA HAS DESTROY ORGANIZE

195
00:06:28,866 --> 00:06:34,366
CHANGE.

196
00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:35,466
THIS IS AN AGENCY THAT WAS

197
00:06:31,900 --> 00:06:37,866
DISINVESTING AND HAD DOOMSDAY

198
00:06:34,366 --> 00:06:39,500
SCENARIOS EVERY FEW YEARS,

199
00:06:35,466 --> 00:06:42,033
RUNNING TO SPRINGFIELD FOR A

200
00:06:37,866 --> 00:06:44,000
BAILOUT AND SERVICE INCREASES.

201
00:06:39,500 --> 00:06:46,800
WE HAD BETTER MANAGE MGT AND

202
00:06:42,033 --> 00:06:48,533
REAL REFORM, AND INCREASED

203
00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:50,866
SERVICE AND HELD BASE FARES FLAT

204
00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:52,766
AND WE HAVE DONE THAT DESPITE A

205
00:06:48,533 --> 00:06:55,266
FINANCIAL NIGHTMARE THAT HE

206
00:06:50,866 --> 00:06:57,100
INHERITED AND DESPITE THAT, WE

207
00:06:52,766 --> 00:06:58,900
ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A $5

208
00:06:55,266 --> 00:07:00,366
BILLION MODERNIZATION PROGRAM

209
00:06:57,100 --> 00:07:02,966
THAT TOUCHES PEOPLE'S LIFES.

210
00:06:58,900 --> 00:07:04,233
RED LINE SOUTH, PEOPLE ON THE

211
00:07:00,366 --> 00:07:05,833
SOUTH SIDE WERE GOING 15 MILES

212
00:07:02,966 --> 00:07:07,900
AN HOUR, AND EVERYBODY THOUGHT

213
00:07:04,233 --> 00:07:09,433
THAT WAS ACCEPTABLE AND NOW THEY

214
00:07:05,833 --> 00:07:11,600
ARE GOING 55 LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE

215
00:07:07,900 --> 00:07:13,433
AND AS PART OF THE DEAL

216
00:07:09,433 --> 00:07:14,800
THOUSANDS OF JOBS HAVE BEEN

217
00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:17,100
CREATED, INCLUDING IN THOSE

218
00:07:13,433 --> 00:07:19,633
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE

219
00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:21,366
TRADITIONALLY NEGLIGENTED.

220
00:07:17,100 --> 00:07:22,933
THAT IS REFORM.

221
00:07:19,633 --> 00:07:25,466
YOU HAVE RUN FOR A COUPLE OF

222
00:07:21,366 --> 00:07:27,100
POLITICAL OFFICES?

223
00:07:22,933 --> 00:07:28,133
>> I ENJOY MY JOB AND I ENJOY

224
00:07:25,466 --> 00:07:30,400
BEING A PUBLIC MANAGER AND

225
00:07:27,100 --> 00:07:31,433
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

226
00:07:28,133 --> 00:07:33,000
BECAUSE YOU CAN REALLY MAKE

227
00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:34,433
DIFFERENCE AND WE HAVE SEEN

228
00:07:31,433 --> 00:07:36,300
THAT, WITH A LEADER LIKE THE

229
00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:37,866
MAYOR WHO UNDERSTANDS THAT HAVE

230
00:07:34,433 --> 00:07:38,566
YOU TO MAKE TOUGH CHOICES AND

231
00:07:36,300 --> 00:07:40,166
WHEN YOU DO THAT YOU CAN MAKE A

232
00:07:37,866 --> 00:07:41,633
BIG DIFFERENCE.

233
00:07:38,566 --> 00:07:45,333
YOU HAVE KNOWN RAHM EMANUEL FOR

234
00:07:40,166 --> 00:07:46,500
A LONG TIME.

235
00:07:41,633 --> 00:07:47,633
GOING BACK BEFORE THE 1984 PAUL

236
00:07:45,333 --> 00:07:49,766
SIMON SENATE RACE.

237
00:07:46,500 --> 00:07:51,300
HOW HAS HE CHANGED?

238
00:07:47,633 --> 00:07:53,700
>> HE IS MORE MELLOW THAN WHAT I

239
00:07:49,766 --> 00:07:57,066
KNEW HIM.

240
00:07:51,300 --> 00:08:00,633
>> MELLOW?

241
00:07:53,700 --> 00:08:02,700
>> HE IS STILL A RELENTSLESS AND

242
00:07:57,066 --> 00:08:05,366
GOAL ORIENTED AND STILL, AS

243
00:08:00,633 --> 00:08:07,233
COMMITTED AS EVER, AND I KNOW

244
00:08:02,700 --> 00:08:09,500
THAT CAN RANKLE SOME PEOPLE BUT

245
00:08:05,366 --> 00:08:10,533
GIVEN A PROBLEM THIS CITY FACES

246
00:08:07,233 --> 00:08:12,466
I WILL TAKE THAT TRADEOFF ANY

247
00:08:09,500 --> 00:08:13,600
DAY OF THE WEEK.

248
00:08:10,533 --> 00:08:17,466
AFTER THE ELECTION WILL WE SEE A

249
00:08:12,466 --> 00:08:17,933
FARE INCREASE?

250
00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:19,966
THE FINANCES AT THE CTA ARE IN

251
00:08:17,466 --> 00:08:24,133
EXCELLENT STATE.

252
00:08:17,933 --> 00:08:26,566
YOU DON'T HEAR THE TERM DOOMS