Argument on safety on public transport in Chicargo.

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Nikhil Shah

English – 101

M – W: 6:30pm – 9:45pm

7-22-01

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        Have you ever used public transportation in Chicago?  Have you ever sat next to a total stranger on a subway train?  Or, have you ever taken the “L” train at night?  Well I have done all of the these things while going to work and from downtown Chicago.  I work in downtown Chicago, so I take the “L” everyday to and from work.  Sometimes it is really frightening inside these trains, especially at night, since there are no security officers, or conductors inside the cars, there is only one person, and that is the engineer all the way in the front of the train.  To help people feel less frightened, the CTA needs to improve only one thing, get more employees on these trains.

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        The CTA should hire more workers as train conductors or security officers and put them on the public trains.  They should do this because there is no one to protect the riders except the engineer who is in the front of the train.  When I go to work there are lots of people on the train, and hardly any space to sit or stand.  People push each other out of their way just to get inside the train to find a seat.  In this situation no one has time to worry about who they are sitting or standing next to. ...

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