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Rahm will have to restore public order downtown and on the EL Red Line train if he does not want to see the city decline in a Detroit style death spiral.The Red Line runs from the crime ridden neighborhoods of the South Side, to and through the downtown business/entertainment/dining/tourist district and up through the North side, a residential area inhabited by decent people who go to work every day. Both Sox Park and the Cubs Wrigley Field are just steps from the RedLine. It is virtually impossible to park downtown and department stores and Wrigley Field have no parking at all, while Sox Park has insufficient parking. As it stands now, thugs can board trains on the South Side--often by rushing the turnstiles to avoid paying fares—and ride the entire system, terrorizing the decent folk who use the train to go to work, medical appointments,entertainment and shopping. In a city where only the criminals can be armed, the thugs can menace decent passengers without fear. The wonderful public transit system is life of blood of the city. But Emmanuel needs to police it. Otherwise decent people will move to and drive to shopping and dining in the adjacent suburbs. And watch the CUBS AND SOX ON tv.