Tonight we had the public presentation of Screening 2 of the Alternatives Analysis, Yellow Line (Skokie Swift) extension to Old Orchard Shopping Center, an...
Actually, I heard the limestone bedrock is close to the surface as evidenced by the rock cuttings under the CN, Mannheim, Coleman, and the aircraft taxiway. ...
Hi All; At one time a possible extension to Northbrook Court was consider for the Skokie Swift. If the dollars were there I wonder what routing would have been...
... About 100 or so, including a number of staff from Niles North. No one seemed to be from Westfield (shopping center owner). There were a few neighbors from...
... For the Year 2000 or 2010 plan (can't remember which), NORTRAN proposed the Suburban-O'Hare connector, an extension of Mid-City Transit Way. It would have...
... Following up more than a year later, the village of Skokie tells me that seven day a week service has made a big difference in reverse commuting, which...
Crains Chicago Business from Daily Herald METRA MAY START TAKING CREDIT CARDS If credit card is your preferred method of paying for purchases, then Metra's not...
Upcoming programs on steam engines and vintage Chgo Rapid Transit, info below. Test - The only train in the work to rival the Orient Express for luxury is the...
Recently this forum has mentioned morning rush hour Brown Line trains that make a trip between the Loop and Belmont station, then return to the Loop. Thanks to...
Interesting. It's at the tail of the AM rush where a longer headway may otherwise be necessary to spread available equipment and/or compensate for more...
Don't know if this is old news or not, but was checking out Edmonton Transit's web site and found an announcement that trolley buses are being taken off May...
A commentator on another forum says the terminal location is because the Westfield corporate office was very much opposed to having the line on their property...
... Interesting. ... What's on CTA's Web site does not include the cost estimates! The bastards. CTA has turned Alternatives Analysis into a sick joke....
Not only is this NOT old news to me but it's a battle that I had believed had been won by Edmonto's pro-EBT forces some time ago. I thought they changed a...
Basically, the "E5307's" are aging, and it appears that the city decided more diesels would be cheaper. Same basic argument that killed almost all other...
On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 09:01, Dennis McClendon ... I'll ask the obvious: can a second track be added in the future? Is there enough room in the ROW? - Eric...
... There should be room for two mains between the two high-tension lines, but the consultants are unwilling to say that even a single track may be placed ...
Thanks for posting the presentation on the Old Orchard Yellow Line extension. CTA doesn't want to tangle with Westerfield; but taking away the Niles North HS...
... The high school will not lose parking. A parking deck is proposed that would be part high school parking and park-n-ride. ... They are talking 15 minutes,...
Interesting that the Monroe route stub-ended at U of I. I wonder if this was intended as an interim terminus for a later southward extension? ... From: Larry M...
Now that all 1050 of the NFIL low-floors are in, I feel the need to ask this question: How many interior configurations exist within this series? There seem to...
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-oped0505byrnemay05,0,2125864.story> Dennis Byrne May 5, 2009 How much would you pay to get to Milwaukee 10 minutes...
The grabber about paying not a cent more for being ten minutes faster is facetious at best for someone who either doesn't go to Milwaukee or hasn't taken the...
As I recall, the CTA may have considered an extension for the Midway Line; but that would have co-opted use as a commuter shuttle. That could have been a...
Why don't they just have the buses go through a major rebuild. They are cheaper to run with everybody talking about Going Green for the environment. I think...
I think that was the oriignal intention of the 1970 plan; to have a convenient mode of transit for UIC students that would connect with the various stations in...
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