Better get a mobile...before being CTAMobile

CTA hanging up on pay phones - Chicago Breaking News: "In recent years, with more people using cell phones, there has been a steady decline in the use of coin-operated phones, which has resulted in a significant drop in revenue for the CTA,' CTA spokeswoman Sheila Gregory said in an e-mail.

In April, there were 559 pay phones on CTA property. Pacific Telemanagement began removing the least used, unprofitable phones, leaving just 179 phones across the CTA system, said Michael Rossi, the firm's chief operating officer.

But the firm wants to keep operating the phones that are left.

'It may not be a significant contribution to the CTA, but it's not costing them anything,' Rossi said."