Actually, the CTA prohibits any food or drink on the trains or buses (eating on the platforms is AOK though).
--- In [email protected], "Ellen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In Chicago you can drink (non-alcoholic of course) and eat on the > subway and buses as much as you want. However, I realize now why DC > forbids it. Today I brought a coke onto the bus and opened it, not > realizing it had apparently been jostled upon delivery prior to my > purchasing it or something like that. I certainly didn't shake it or > anything. So when I opened it it spurted out everywhere on the bus, > soaking the floor, etc.,just as people were getting on. It was just a > little embarrassing, to say the least. But seriously my first thought > was, so THAT'S why they don't allow drinks on the DC metro! >
