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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Mon Dec 22 18:06:53 2014, in response to Re: What color should a future CTA rail line be?, posted by snarf368 on Mon Dec 22 11:29:02 2014. The major impediment I think is lack of interest at the highest political levels. As to Metra or CTA personnel, I don't much care. The critical issues are increased service levels, full CTA fare integration and the "infill" station @ 130th on the South Shore. The latter is the the sticking point--CTA has long dreamt of extending the Red Line to the same area at huge cost (which means millions in patronage/consultant contracts etc) while the existing South Shore track is very lightly used.In an era of artificial (1% greedhead driven) lack of funds to build all of the needed transit routes in the country, spending billions to replace an existing route already owned by the public is poor policy IMHO. In a more Ideal world, the Rock Island division would be electrified, and integrated w/the MED (IC) with CTA fare Blue Island north. Having 3 N-S rail routes connecting to South Side crosstown buses would make transit way more convenient. |
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