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The Day After Bud Billiken Day

Seeing pets on transit outside of dedicated/secured carrier devices is rapidly becoming one of my top 5 pet peeves

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It seems counterintuitive, but the bigger an agency is, the harder it can be to implement operational and technological change.

On a serious note, if internal data/modeling supports this, I’m down, but I can’t remember anyone publically asking for this— the 330 on the other hand has been requested since I was a kid lol

Pace: “we’re extending a bus route to Midway Airport!”
Everyone: “the 330?!”
Pace: “the 315!”
Everyone: ???

Ironically probably a better terminal than Desplaines/Harrison or USTC, the MMF has so much more space

Western Massachusetts literally just implemented a system earlier this month, Link413, we could absolutely do this in Illinois

We could be great!

Insistence on 2PTO

It’s a shame that we don’t all collectively know not to give this individual any airtime

It’s 2 hours now, even with a double track, there’s no way for it to be faster while still serving the HC stops.

Again, why the HC when the Lincoln service exists, has better rolling stock, will serve a larger passenger base and be just as fast if not faster?

A 3-hour journey in a gallery car on a line with no notable intermediate stops btwn Joliet & CUS, even if a xfer were built w/ the Orange Line, seems like a worse option compared to running more Amtrak trains, esp if rerouted via the Rock. There’s only one CR line in the US that exceeds 3hrs

1) Agreed on the overall potential, just skeptical of its use as a service to Midway

2) Despite that usefulness, I don’t think the HC will ever seen enough trains to justify building that transfer

Metra to Normal is a bit much, no? Also, why would Amtrak move to the RID? That’d require a new platform at Joliet and would take trains out of CUS

With the proposal of a 24-hr CTA Orange line, this is a good opportunity to revisit CTA’s OWL Network. The N55 ends at 55/St Louis. A 1-mi ext to Pulaski Orange provides both a xfer to the train & the newly-extended N53.

It’s also worth exploring extending the N53 to Kedzie/63rd, for a xfer to N63

I did a little bit of work on this project :)

I’d love to see Chicago adapt more quick-build facilities, although I can see the argument of using concrete if the costs are nearly identical

I’m very skeptical that more than 3 people would be using a hypothetical 35/Archer Metra stop as a way to get to Midway from the Heritage Corridor line (and this is also assuming said line doesn’t remain complete dogwater)

Eh, it’s down there somewhere

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Everyone should read this post from @nikhunder.com! An excellent deep dive on how we can improve bus service in Chicago

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Don’t Toronto my Chicago!
- Beverly resident, probably

Looking at the proposed schedule for the Monon corridor on the SSL and the equipment moves that they’re putting in as revenue service are hilarious

Side note: SSL is so close to being great— if only they could maintain consistent headways throughout the day

Dan Ryan especially, small toll on the outer lanes, convert the inner lanes to HOT, introduce south suburban Pace expy service, give an alternative to lackluster SWS Metra svc and the annoyingly located downtown terminal for the RIDA

Fremont-Palo Alto and Hayward-Hillsdale should be an every 20-30 mins daily bus service from 6a-9p minimum

Racine’s always been a chicken/egg scenario for me (and I’ve always wanted more done for the green line) but I won’t be mad that it’s there.

Central is just, if we had to reopen a station, Kostner or California are still bad but better choices. Also, Forest Park rebuild when?

Central, in particular, is really shortsighted. Its 0.25mi catchment includes very few homes & the bus most likely to benefit from xfers, the 85, is unlikely to be extended since CTA no longer owns the Monitor turnaround. Having to walk 5 mins, across two expwy entries, to access buses feels unfair

Yes, you’re right— this was more a jest at the political greasing of hands that is now mandating two low-ridership stations to be re-opened. CTA’s stop spacing problem isn’t exclusive to its buses, imo

Just got back from the Bay Area, and while I have mostly positive things to say about the transit in the region, no weekend and stunted off-peak service across the bridges in the southern bay is astounding

Did someone let CTA know that Racine/63rd and Central/Congress were legally required to be reopened? Lol

Currently at a crossroads thinking about long-term plans and I’d love to shadow a transit service planner sometime. I’ve been fascinated by service planning since I was a kid and learning more about their day-to-day work would be really helpful! 🚌🗺️