The podcast host said that Chicago’s city council recently passed an ordinance banning buses bringing unticketed passengers into the city, at risk of fines, bus impoundment, and driver imprisonment.
“The Chicago city council passed, a few weeks ago, an ordinance,” Joe Weiss fellow host Jansons on the Lake Forest podcast. “Saying no more buses, if they come into the city with unticketed passengers.”
“They’re picking Metra stations so that they just get on the metra chain and buy them metra tickets,” Weiss said. “Metra’s ridership has been down since the pandemic, so I think this is a boon for Metra, notice Metra’s not stopping this.”
This full episode is available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
The January 6th edition of the podcast focused on local business owner, Jeff Urso and his latest business ventures, as well as discussion about the responsibility the Federal Government has to deal with immigration issues.
The Lake Forest podcast is hosted by Pete Jansons, an entrepreneur with a background in neuroscience, Rick Lesser, an attorney and former village trustee, and Joe Weiss, who has experience in multiple government and public service positions. The podcast covers topics and politics impacting the area around the city of Lake Forest, according to the Lake Forest podcast website.
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