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Re: further thoughts on South Side transit, was What color should a future CTA rail line be? |
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Tue Dec 23 14:27:30 2014, in response to Re: What color should a future CTA rail line be?, posted by Alan Follett on Mon Dec 22 13:22:15 2014. So I did read much of the data on the IC and RI. As I had anectdotally noted the So Chicago Branch is now mostly a park and ride from the south terminal, and indeed the total ridership is tiny all over within the city. That said, having watched some of the real time CTA videos I was struck by the huge areas of vacant lots along the Englewood and Jackson Park up to Garfield. Not only are many former commercial strips abandonned, but stations which would have made them ripe for rebuilt housing or mixed use are gone as well.As acounterpoint, google sat view still shows a platform w/ canopy @ 63rd on what I believe is the C&WI (couple blocks east of Halsted). I rode the last C&WI commuter train to Dolton half a century ago! The empty land reminds me of Richard I's bulldozing further north to make way for the welfare skyscrapers. |
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