Ventra

The launch app will allow users to pay for their fares, but can't be used to get on a train or bus yet.

Chicago Cards, magnetic-strip cards won't be sold after May 1, can't be reloaded after June 1.

CPS closures, Ventra snafus overshadowed aldermanic shifts in the City Council as Rahm kept rolling.

The program comes as the CTA says it has fixed many of the problems plaguing the new fare system.

"Forrest has more than my full confidence," Mayor Rahm Emanuel said.

Improv comedy buddies Alan Linic and Ollie Hobson released the Ventra diss song to send a message to CTA.

Continuing Ventra problems failed to sway Mayor Rahm Emanuel in his support for the CTA.

Ald. Bob Fioretti proposed hearings on the CTA's Ventra system just as it was about to crash.

Sixty "L" stations were affected during the Wednesday evening outage, the CTA said.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Ventra's corporate owner "will not get a check until this works."

CTA President Forrest Claypool demanded more from Ventra as Ald. Bob Fioretti called for hearings.