As I and 100,000 other people headed home from Lollapalooza, I saw a “ Save Transit Now ” flyer plastered on the Red Line’s Jefferson station. It warned riders that without a $1.5 billion increase in funding, the transit agencies will fail or cut service to 1 in 5 Chicagoans .

I tapped into the station at 10:13 p.m. to discover trains were indefinitely delayed because of police activity at the 95th Street station, where an 18-year-old was in critical condition after being shot by a man trying to rob him. No trains had come by 10:45, and with the platform overcrowded, I took a $60 Uber home.

Lollapalooza should’ve been an opportunity to showcase Chicagoland’s transit capabilities. Instead, it highlighted all the problems riders have with the Chicago Transit Authori

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