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Posted by WillD on Sun Dec 21 01:39:44 2014, in response to What color should a future CTA rail line be?, posted by Pink Jazz on Fri Dec 19 20:24:44 2014. Chicago shouldn't build another L line. They're slow, undersized, and needlessly expensive for the pittance of capacity they provide. All the CTA's expansion proposals focus on making the L network more extensive without looking to add capacity in the city or eliminate bottlenecks other than the Belmont crossover.Instead they need to pursue major upgrades to inner suburban/city commuter rail and also look toward light rail or streetcar service to provide better connectivity in the loop. Chicago Crossrail would be a great place to start. It'd provide express service to O'hare, something the Blue Line is completely unsuited to accommodating, but local service on the line would also fill in the gap between the Kennedy Expressway and Lake St L lines. Electrification of the Rock Island line would accomplish much the same with the Red and Orange lines on the South Side. And a Clark St Streetcar would be a good place to start introducing LRTs or streetcars to Chicago. I just don't see why Chicago would want to invest in the L system when it's woefully inadequate to their future needs. Leave that network alone, and attempt to ease the burden on it by improving links between the existing heavy rail lines. |
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