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39557
Chicago Tribune news: Slow zones lead to Blue Line blues ...
Edward Robert Sirovy
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Mar 1, 2007
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39558
On weekends, that is? R, JG ... ____________________________________________________________________________________ TV dinner still cooling? Check out...
Jim Griffin
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Mar 1, 2007
5:49 pm
39559
That's caused by a glitch, either with Yahoo or the PC. That second symbol is the Euro symbol. ~Liz~...
railfan2006
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Mar 1, 2007
6:36 pm
39560
SB 170 passed out of committee, unanimously. It amends the Toll Highway Act to allow buses owned by RTA to use the tollway toll free. Similar legislation...
Adam H. Kerman
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Mar 1, 2007
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39561
Far off topic but transit related, but I thought you might get a kick out of this. am in Vienna for a business meeting and on the way home from dinner tonight...
Al Reinschmidt
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Mar 1, 2007
10:35 pm
39562
Not that I'm aware of, and saw and photographed the train several times in Gibson City on Friday evenings and never saw any....
Al Reinschmidt
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Mar 1, 2007
10:39 pm
39563
Maybe transit in Vienna is going to the dogs....
Snatch N. Grabster
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Mar 1, 2007
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39564
... I remember seeing dogs on the U-Bahn in Munich, but I didn't inspect the TVMs for dog tickets (my German had declined sufficiently that I was worried about...
Kristian Zoerhoff
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Mar 1, 2007
10:53 pm
39565
I thought it was the cta. ... ____________________________________________________________________________________ It's here! Your new message! Get new email...
Larry M
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Mar 2, 2007
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39566
... As far as I know, the only public transportation in the Chicago area which allows pets is the South Shore Line. Sometimes I wonder why transit agencies...
willvdv
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Mar 2, 2007
6:46 am
39567
Right until the end of service, Chicago Aurora & Elgin cash fare receipts had a place for the conductor to punch DOG (right next to HALF FARE). I don't know...
roygbenedict@...
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Mar 2, 2007
3:52 pm
39568
... Hope to have time to ride the line tomorrow but ... Did get to ride it, its a wonderful and interesting ride and had many of the characteristics we would...
Al Reinschmidt
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Mar 2, 2007
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39569
Even longer ago, on a 1974 trip, the carpet in a 1st Classe car on the Lyon-Paris Lyonnaise that accommodated a number of dogs with their owners was heavily...
Harvey Kahler
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Mar 3, 2007
12:09 am
39570
Brings a new level of meaning to the term Trainspotter, eh?...
Snatch N. Grabster
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Mar 3, 2007
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39571
Hello Mike, I couldn't get back to you any sooner re: Cross-town and the David Roeder piece in the Sun-Times. I like the tollway concept; but agree that...
Harvey Kahler
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Mar 3, 2007
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39572
That's good! ... From: Snatch N. Grabster <snatchngrabster@...> To: CHICAGOTRANSIT@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 2, 2007 6:16:19 PM Subject: Re:...
Harvey Kahler
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Mar 3, 2007
1:43 am
39573
... Eight lanes! That's the size of the Eisenhower, requiring, what, at least 200 feet? That's a hell of a lot of land acquisition, and I really don't see why ...
Adam H. Kerman
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Mar 3, 2007
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39574
I made the point that 8-lanes/200' on a single level [causes] most community disruption and dislocation while a stacked multi-level structure would be much so,...
Harvey Kahler
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Mar 3, 2007
7:59 am
39575
Beside fudging on "approach time," justification for a CTA rapid transit extension to O'Hare rather than commuter rail also used shorter running time based on...
Harvey Kahler
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Mar 3, 2007
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39576
On 3/3/07, Harvey Kahler <hikahler@...> wrote: ...growth would come in the service sector from beer deliveries to plumbers. Sorry, I didn't realize...
Snatch N. Grabster
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Mar 3, 2007
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39577
... The extension probably is engineered to allow 70 mph operation, if the trains didn't have governors that limit the top speed to 55. I actually rode on a...
Snatch N. Grabster
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Mar 3, 2007
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39578
... I was thinking about change in land use from one purpose to another where the residential areas are stable. At the far north end where you're already close...
Adam H. Kerman
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Mar 3, 2007
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39579
The 2000's were supposed to be geared for only 65 mph. They might have hit 70 as you observed with a light load. Speed was governed as you stated; but from...
Harvey Kahler
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Mar 3, 2007
7:33 pm
39580
You just don't get the notion that exressways beget developments, or at least the desire for a location close by. This has happened time and again in the...
Harvey Kahler
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Mar 3, 2007
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39581
... Of course I do. So why isn't Lawndale a hot neighborhood? It has plenty of transportation, expressway, transit rail, bus. ... You feel that a railroad...
Adam H. Kerman
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Mar 3, 2007
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39582
... 0702260082feb26,0,5219955.column?page=2 ... Line in ... growing ... subway ... Transit ... after state ... Blue Line ... the ... had about ... through the ...
mikebennidict
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Mar 3, 2007
10:47 pm
39583
I was poking around a little bit on the Web. And I found a document describing some of the plans for the Regional Bus Authority, being created for the...
willvdv
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Mar 3, 2007
11:50 pm
39584
Lawndale may come back some day not too far off because of transportation. Look what's happening in Bronzeville, Washington Park, and elsewhere in the City....
Harvey Kahler
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Mar 4, 2007
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39585
I suppose a satellite bus tracking system is a nice toy and may be used someday to regulate service; but it seems the millions could have been prioritized for...
Harvey Kahler
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Mar 4, 2007
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39586
Interesting. Obviously there is no capacity on the South Shore for growth. Single-level carsLimited schedule slots between Metra Electric trainsYears ago I...
Harvey Kahler
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Mar 4, 2007
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