The fallacy of skipping inner city stations is that everybody works downtown. There was a lot of (blue collar) employment near the loop for a few miles, a lot...
... OK, fair enough, but if the particular proposal here is for having them at Pace Bus stops, where is anybody going to walk to, anyway? There might not even...
Hi Y'All, Don't forget, parking is a MAJOR headache in many areas of NYC. My nephew lives in Brooklyn on Vanderbilt Ave. just off the BQE (Brooklyn-Queens...
You're welcome. Or have I been sucked into a bad Citibank commercial? -- Kristian ... From: twtrains@... <twtrains@...> Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 21:28:23...
I found a site that listed most expensive insurance by state, and NJ exceeded NY by a decent amount. However, I couldn't find any breakdown by city. The car...
... Hi List Well I see somebody doesn't commute by bus! What good does it do? Hey think about it. MetroRail in Washington has a similar system, when you get on...
This story was sent to you by: Tony Coppoletta ... CTA warns of hike in some fares ... $1.75 base fare won't rise, but transfer might By Jon Hilkevitch Tribune...
This story was sent to you by: Tony Coppoletta ... RTA letter to state ends standoff over funding ... October 1, 2004 ILLINOIS -- The Regional Transportation...
This story was sent to you by: Tony Coppoletta Note the publication date: This one's from the future! ... 'City to Dismiss Ticket Issued to CTA Passenger' ... ...
This story was sent to you by: Tony Coppoletta ... Forget napping; these CTA vices are even hairier ... John Kass October 1, 2004 Your support for Gaurav "Legs...
That news release states the facts entirely differently than the Trib had. The Trib claimed he was cited for blocking the aisle while sleeping. The police ...
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... Then why the hell don't passengers call the police and have the driver arrested for likely violated hours of service? This guy is going to kill someone....
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Worst-case cuts to CTA revealed http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-cta01.html October 1, 2004 BY FRAN SPIELMAN AND MARK J. KONKOL Chicago Sun-Times...
Seattle has them. For example, to get from my apartment in the U-District to the Microsoft campus for work every morning, I'd typically walk over to 15 Av NE...
... Wow. This stuff is peanuts. What happened to the rush hour cuts? ... Doubling paratransit fares? Good. The federal ceiling is twice the base fare. It's...
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I could see a lot of value for them. I could have really used them when I was commuting to Arlington Heights. There the bus ran at about 1-hour headways. I...
EBC in its last days had 64 fishbowls. The three loop routes plus Dodge crosstown that CTA ran took 17 buses, 4 each on three of them and 5 on Central/Noyes....
I imagine things will be more finely detailed Monday in the press release. I'm afraid. ... From: Adam H. Kerman [mailto:ahk@...] Sent: Friday, October...
I remember seeing somewhere a display for BART trains. that could show this sort of thing. I think MARTA has this kind of capability (though they're not using...
If you are referring to the early UMC/Nortran Evanston-Replacement routes, they were: 15 - today's 215 Howard L to Old Orchard via Crawford, direct replacement...
There are some smaller office buildings on the north side of Higgins west of Cumberland. Those would be in Park Ridge, would they not? I am particularly...
... Changing how bus fare-boxes are collected could save $13 million? Hopefully that is only a few peanuts in that $13 million. Otherwise, they must be some...
Butterfield Road way west around IL53 has similar signs along the ROW today. Guess there is a long-term plan to make it limited-access one day. Andre "If you...
As I understand it, the franchise grants that formed CSL prohibited the underlyers from owning track outside the city. At the time CCT was owned by CRys, and...
If labor jurisdiction were the reason 17 survives, it would be considered a loss for CTA's union. From about 20 runs to four? Why bother? Andre "If you are...
... between ... West Towns ... Back in my FTT days at North Park, I often operated on 97. The EBC Route 11 fare, as I recall, was lower than the CTA fare....
2 percent seems about average once you get outside the biggest systems. Las Vegas is about that, too. And Vegas is a little smaller than Indy (at least as of...
Route 20 has those just west of Elgin as well, from where the expressway ends (Weld Rd/Longcommon Pkwy) out to Hampshire or so. I seem to remember seeing them...
Actually "freeway" is the common term out west. Out here it is the "I-15 Freeway" and the "US-95 Freeway". Never heard the term "expressway" out here at all. ...
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