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Riding While Dead: Widespread Abuse Discovered In RTA’s ‘Seniors Ride Free’ Program

CHICAGO–In Chicago, the dead are known to vote. Turns out they also take public transit, according to an investigation by the Better Government Association and Fox Chicago News.

A yet-to-be-released government audit found widespread abuse of a taxpayer-subsidized program that lets senior citizens ride free on the CTA, Pace and Metra — with a number of instances of senior free-ride passes being used on trains and buses after the registered cardholders had died.

Originally reported by Huffington Post Chicago. Read the original story here.

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