PTP Digest 2004/08/01-A = CONTENTS * Latest Light Rail Now! website updates 2004/08/01 LightRail Now Sun, 01 Aug 2004 ...
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Tony Coppoletta
t3rdrail
Aug 2, 2004 4:54 pm
<http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-metra02.html> Back to regular view <http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-metra02.html> ...
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Tony Coppoletta
t3rdrail
Aug 2, 2004 4:58 pm
<http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-pace02.html> http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-pace02.html <javascript:print();> Print this page Not...
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smgash@...
sgash1
Aug 3, 2004 12:18 am
In referance to Caller ID, I meant that if one received a call from a CTA phone extention, under the old system, that the number shown is the ID of the person...
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smgash@...
sgash1
Aug 3, 2004 12:31 am
There is NO employee parking at the new building located at 567 W. Lake. All CTA departments from the 120 N Racine building are scheduled to move into the new...
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smgash@...
sgash1
Aug 3, 2004 12:44 am
Message: 1 Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 11:11:55 -0700 From: bubba@... Subject: Re: Re: Chicago Tribune Metra to curb signs at Highland Park depot On Mon,...
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smgash@...
sgash1
Aug 3, 2004 12:46 am
Rail spare ratio is 10% standard industry wide, but varies at agencies based on fleet age, and availability. Sean Gash Message: 3 Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004...
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smgash@...
sgash1
Aug 3, 2004 12:49 am
The reverse commute in the AM rush on the Blue Line to Rosemont and O'Hare is not as pronouced as it once was, but is more gradual between 6AM and 8AM. Sean...
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Bill
bill@...
Aug 3, 2004 4:19 am
Adam H. Kerman wrote: [...] ... Depends on the phone system; however, it's usually easier to route calls to other branch offices and have more room for growth....
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Adam H. Kerman
ahk@...
Aug 3, 2004 4:24 am
... Those WERE the DID extensions shown in Caller ID, but Ameritech had failed to update the Caller ID names database. That wouldn't have been the database...
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Adam H. Kerman
ahk@...
Aug 3, 2004 4:29 am
... They appeared to route calls to the correct PBX via the first two digits of the four digit extension. 60xx numbers were at the Mart, 67xx numbers at...
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EDWARD ROBERT SIROVY
oldsoundguy
Aug 3, 2004 6:53 am
Chicago Tribune: Error sends train down wrong track http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/printedition/chi-0408020107aug02,1,632936 0.story GETTING AROUND Error...
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chuck metalitz
taxpayer@...
Aug 3, 2004 2:07 pm
... One-person operation couldn't have been accomplished without installing the farecard system, since it requires CA's who cannot also be handling fares, and...
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WILLIAM HOFFMAN
wvhoffman2002
Aug 3, 2004 11:13 pm
In the movie they drove on the tracks at oakton curve. my grandmother was ther to see them filming this. EDWARD ROBERT SIROVY <esirovy@...> wrote:From...
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buslist
Aug 4, 2004 12:19 am
There is simply no fundamental engineering reasons that would make tis true. In many cases MU operated properties operate with different work rules compared...
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ajk100@...
ajkristopans
Aug 4, 2004 1:03 am
As far as I could tell, after an initial "familiarization" period service speeds eventually returned to very near those of two-man operation. So labor costs...
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Roy G. Benedict
trolleys@...
Aug 4, 2004 2:25 am
It may be that station labor costs increased, but it isn't as simple to estimate as might be thought. Please consider: - Much of the present labor (security...
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Bill
bill@...
Aug 4, 2004 5:03 am
... Just to note: it's also in use on (or near) the UP West line at about I-294 near Elmhurst....
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Bill
bill@...
Aug 4, 2004 5:10 am
... Worked fine in Budapest; seems like a collection of medium-sized metro areas to make a conglomerated large "city" works well. A few years ago I heard the...
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Bill
bill@...
Aug 4, 2004 5:36 am
... State law requires "e-911" services to be offered to Chicago by the service provider. There are devices that map an extension (via ANI, not "caller ID")...
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Bill
bill@...
Aug 4, 2004 5:41 am
... This is the way I've seen a few investigations of abuse being done recently. It's painful, yes. It's not impossible. ... It's 2004 and liabilities brew...
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Bill
bill@...
Aug 4, 2004 6:10 am
... [ Sorry, I'm just catching up on mail! ] What's to convince? I found the combination of the metro in Zagreb, Croatia (which seems to be what this Portland...
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Jim
chicagolucky
Aug 4, 2004 10:00 am
Also, by slowing service, it increases rolling stock capital costs. Looking at the total operating & capital costs, how much, if anything, did CTA really save?...
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Sean Hunnicutt
s_hunnicutt
Aug 4, 2004 10:28 am
I think that scene was in Skokie. My question would be where they could have been where tracks weren't in seperate tubes (during the shootout.) Sean ... ...
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Sean Hunnicutt
s_hunnicutt
Aug 4, 2004 10:34 am
Dial A Ride. A pathetic joke at times here. It caters specifically to the elderly and the crazy folks who need to get to Osco to pick up "Mother's Little ...
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Kristian Zoerhoff
kristian_zoe...
Aug 4, 2004 12:12 pm
... Which is something CDOT will never do; hell, they won't even add left turn arrows at most intersections, or install magnetic loops under low-traffic sides...
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Bill
bill@...
Aug 4, 2004 3:12 pm
... Did you see they closed down one of the cross streets over Congress Parkway and put up a concrete barrier? I think it's either Plymouth or Federal. Funny...
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tony@...
t3rdrail
Aug 4, 2004 3:15 pm
This story was sent to you by: Tony Coppoletta I didn't see anyone post this earlier in the week. Did we miss this one? ... Error sends train down wrong track...
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Adam H. Kerman
ahk@...
Aug 4, 2004 3:20 pm
... I've heard about this (as I noted in another message). How much information is passed along? It could probably report your floor. How could a desk location...
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Jordan Bettis
hafdmunda
Aug 4, 2004 3:33 pm
... The CTA had enough capital money in 1997, and it has enough now. Its budget shortfall was in operating money, so it plugged the hole in the operating...
