The CTA CIA

Underground, Overground: Dispatches from the shadow riders of the CTA CIA.

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[The CTA CIA @CTA_CIA]

@nerdfanmom It was a safety razor, but gross enough.

[The CTA CIA @CTA_CIA]

With one guy shaving and another making loud, awful, inexplicable groans, I'd say this bus has reached the Extra level.

[The CTA CIA @CTA_CIA]

You answered your own question 🕵🏻‍♀️ https://t.co/L0CpvUnM7o

[Kat @Ukiekat85]

@CTA_CIA why does it suck so much to wait for a 1130 pm train to ohare with no fans or AC in the underground tunnels??#cta #ctafails

[The CTA CIA @CTA_CIA]

Just watched a woman bust her bf trying to take a sneaky selfie of them both. "Bruh!" #goals #CTAgoals

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Now I've seen everything: guy straight up doing four bumps of coke in the back of the bus. Have a great Monday, everybody!

[The CTA CIA @CTA_CIA]

"I wear the shirt once and then throw it out". His laconic, lizard-like gaze scanned the bus to see if anyone had heard him. #CTAvignettes

[The CTA CIA @CTA_CIA]

This lady sitting next to us can't stay awake to save her life, dropping her phone, soda, and backpack with alarming regularity.

[The CTA CIA @CTA_CIA]

Good morning! Hope you, too, have someone rolling a fat blunt on their lap next to you on your preferred form of public transit. 🌞

[The CTA CIA @CTA_CIA]

Shouts to the man wearing boxer shorts as a hat yelling at his reflection while swigging from a fifth of Jack Daniels. You rule this 66 bus.

[The CTA CIA @CTA_CIA]

MTV True Life: My Bus Driver Is Addicted to Blowing the Horn #CTA #outdatedreferences

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People are terrible always. https://t.co/Dnf6eVaUMt

[Meg White @ladyinabox]

Yep, that new #CTA ad campaign is really effective. @CTA_CIA @TheBrownLine #publictransport #eltrain #chicago

[The CTA CIA @CTA_CIA]

Passenger glares at the rest of us suspiciously as the music BLASTS from his in-ear headphones. Yeah, it's *us* who deserves the side eye 😒

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Young woman narrates every twist and turn of her bus ride to whomever's on the phone. Her friends must love her.

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Not sure if I should be mortified or flattered (I'm mostly just confused) but I just made the Snapchat of the 11yr old boy next to me. #CTA

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Man casually holding bag full of woman parts from disembodied mannequin. #MONDAY!

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@iammadeline45 👌🏼

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Struggling to decide what's worse: that this bus is a balmy 85 degrees or that it reeks of tuna.

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A little part of humanity is lost when riders don't warn each other that a seat is wet before they sit down. #soggybottom #CTA

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I will say, seeing other riders' reactions as they get to the back has been kind of amusing. #shockandawe

[The CTA CIA @CTA_CIA]

Orrrr a junkie can make a scene in the back of the bus, taking off his shirt to reveal bleeding sores. #WinSome #LoseSome #CTA #NewSlogan