... How is this different from maps.google.com? -- Jordan Bettis -- Chicago Il. <http://neighborhoods.chicago.il.us> Photographs of Life in the Neighborhoods...
This is lal wa it would take to have viable rail transit in the "office suburbs": Each station (and there would not need to be many, every 2 to 3 miles would...
... So the feds are covering about 7% of the project. That's... incredible. How much would they have put in had it been a road project? -- Jordan Bettis --...
... CREATE includes a major highway component that is irrelevant to solving the capacity constraints of the rail system... and THAT'S probably what's going to...
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... Does maps.google.com support layers / labels on the web-based version? I know that all these topography settings are available in the standalone Google...
No, neither Web-based service has the same level of functionality Google Earth (formerly Keyhole software) provides. Keyhole required payment for it, but...
... If they have google earth you can save it (I think it's a .kmv file or something) and then send them that. When they load it into google earth it'll zoom...
Again, it still requires people to have special software and the like. I was just talking about the new Web services. Like I said, I like Google Earth above...
The AAR news site doesn't imply that http://www.aar.org/Index.asp?NCID=3154 ... helping secure ... modernize ... William ... through the ... north. ... ...
Adam, remember a discussion we had some months ago about the "crashworthniess" of the Mertolink cars.? Seems FRA had similar concerns and had a special...
... It has a one sentence announcement. You've seen much more detailed descriptions of the project. You know that the highway-from-rail grade separations are...
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If the Circle Line is built, would it be easier to go down the old "Met" L route to the Paulina Connector, going south from the Blue Line elvated prior to the...
Daily Herald Naperville plans third installment of bus experiment By Jill Jedlowski Daily Herald Staff Writer Posted Tuesday, August 02, 2005 Fueling a program...
Daily Herald Trapped by transit trouble By Marni Pyke Daily Herald Staff Writer Posted Tuesday, August 02, 2005 Third of three parts Norm Arnold considers...
Daily Herald Traveling by bus? Settle in for a trip By Marni Pyke Daily Herald Staff Writer Posted Tuesday, August 02, 2005 At 7 a.m., I start my odyssey from...
CTA seems to have already decided that the easiest way to do things would be to construct a new subway from North/Clybourn to North/Ashland to Lake/Ashland...
The Feds never hand you the whole amount in one year. IL isn't going to do the whole CREATE project in one year. It IS about a 10 year construction project and...
The create project includes a speedup of rubber tired freight too. A lot of intermodal is switched and transfered on rubber tires. ... grade ... railroads. But...
Well, it sounds like they're covering about 11% of what Lipinski asked for, which is something. If it was a road project, they'd probably care a lot more. The...
... Don't you mean tunnel? Cut and cover requires digging a trench from the surface. -- Jordan Bettis -- Chicago Il. <http://neighborhoods.chicago.il.us> ...
... Um, it was my understanding that all the numbers talked about where the total sum to be dispensed over the lifetime of the bill, which if it is similar to...
... And relocating all those pesky utilities, like sewer, gas, electric, and water. Real simple. Tony, do you recall the reason that Chicago has tunneled...
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... I kinda wonder why Kimball is cut and cover, actually. Tunneling used to be *very* expensive, because it had to be done by guys with picks and shovels and...
Not bad sites....although "Earth' ends outside the borders of Chi-town. http://maps.cityofchicago.org/kiosk/mpkiosk.jsp I enjoy tracing the existing and...
... I'll give the answer to this one, but Tony has to answer why Chicago's subways are forty feet below (that's a huge hint, Tony). In the '20's when Chicago's...
Adam H. Kerman
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Aug 2, 2005 9:36 pm
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Chicago Tunnel Company existing tunnels? I recall the 'Kimball' cut and cover.. What a mess. On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 15:59:22 -0500 (CDT), "Adam H. Kerman"...
I'm aware of the difference between the subway construction methods. I imagine the same reasons they did the entire Milwaukee-Kimball subway as well as the...
I think what's most fascinating are the physical bits of evidence as you ride a bicycle alongside the old routes. I haven't done Humboldt Park yet, but while...
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