Rahm Clarifies CTA Versus Driving Comments

" Mayor Rahm Emanuel believes comments he made Monday were minsconstrued in regards to consumer choices related to CTA pass increases. 

" Emanuel compared the rising and unstable price of gas to the locked-in cost of taking a train or bus as a reason why the CTA is a better deal.

The mayor was leaving a news conference Wednesday on an unrelated matter when a Chicago Tribune reporter's question about whether he regretted saying "Chicagoans can choose to drive to work rather than taking the CTA" caused him to spin around and head back to the podium.

"That's not what I said ... what I said is a choice. People have a choice between public transportation and private," Emanuel said. "If you're coming in from O'Hare, you pay $50 for the cab to come downtown "

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