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Subway Builder is so funny, because there’s no reason my 26th/31st St crosstown line from King Dr to Cicero should be as successful as it is lol

+1 for center running on Mag Mile

I had assumed the issue was going from the 66 to points south, not north

Ah, that’s my south side bias lol, Chicago Ave to N LSD is a foreign concept to me.

I will say, operations-wise, the buses probably save time by not getting stuck behind the 3 buses that need to both stop, then make a right on Chicago Ave

That, and lowkey they don’t really need to. 3/151/Red is more than enough

Not an official one, I’m being somewhat premature; Nora Leershen stated that she’d like to use some of the funding from the recent bill to pursue 24hr Orange Line service

24 HOUR CTA ORANGE LINE!!!!!!!!

Should I start a medium or substack or something like that? Not entirely sure what exactly I’d talk about, but definitely transit related

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Fare-free can be good for small to medium transit agencies (especially not great ones like GRTC) that weren’t bringing in much in farebox revenue in the first place.

Curious to know if the increase in ridership is from former/would-be car trips vs trips that would’ve been walked/biked otherwise.

Ok, time to be more active on this app lol

Unfortunately a waste of a transit center. While connections across the Stevenson aren’t great, the 307 will one day be extended to Pace SW &/or Bridgeview Courthouse as Pulse Harlem, & there’s really no other route to send here that makes sense (unless demand for 379 short trips starts cropping up)

99. Physical media is good, and if you're not going to get into vinyl and celluloid you should at least get into CDs and books.

Chicago in subway builder is hilarious because you can just use the various Metra ROWs and have your lines go gangbusters for cheap lol

Reservations about the NITA aside, it’s nice to have a fully funded CTA (and Metra & Pace). Excited for what service can be improved now!

So weird to be waiting at MDW for a flight to LGA and not DCA/BWI

Took the Hiawatha for the second time yesterday and I’m even more convinced there needs to be a stop in Gurnee. Perfectly situated btwn downtown Waukegan, Gurnee Mills and Six Flags, I’m sure the ridership projections would go gangbusters

MDW still detouring orange line passengers thru baggage claim lol

It’s so funny that Passengers United claims to be a transit advocacy organization when they literally never support an expansion of transit service. This is nonsense.

Well, one half of that statement is true

WMATA didn’t solely increase service by just reducing costs tho, and many of those savings were one-time budget efficiencies. I’m struggling to think of any examples by a serious transit agency where “reduce costs” was the only lever that lead to an increase in service

We don’t use this rhetoric for streets & expressways (or, I suppose, we’ve just now started), and folks there can often be less at fault than anyone hit by a Brightline train

I don’t understand the need to carry water for those who deride common sense and actively seek Darwin awards

In ALX, you generally either lived within walking distance of the train or a bus to Pentagon & most stations didn’t have parking. Now that taking the bus is free and parking is not, it may become a alternative to get to the red line if the trip is attractive enough, esp for Shady Grove or Rockville

Much like in Alexandria, where I lived for the past 3 yes, free bus will not move the needle significantly for folks who take the train or switch to Metrobus. One difference tho, it may get ppl to switch taking the bus to the train, since there are many more stations with parking in MoCo than ALX

Everyone is clamoring to use this as a “see, NYC can do it to” ignoring that:

- MTA has already replaced its fare boxes; Ride-On has not
- MTA doesn’t have a 20% farebox recovery ratio
- MTA operates more than buses

Free buses/transit makes sense for small/medium localities— NYC is not that

Or just a really nasty anti-urban/city streak in politics. You really see it in PA and Maryland politics. Nevermind they’re the economic engines for the state; they’re crime ridden and full of freeloaders and are in dire need of reform and re-education etc etc

That’s solvable via something like the IRT Lex transfer to the 7 train and making sure the bottom platform is a wider or

I’m extremely biased, but yes! Or just done median for both platforms

Not housing, but not horrible I suppose. At least it’ll no longer be a concrete eyesore

At a relatively peaceful, productive meeting, CTA board approved bus route changes, Narcan machines, track safety pilot - Streetsblog Chicago In some ways, today’s CTA board meeting wasn’t as dramatic as the May one. Unlike last month, Ald. David Moore (17th) wasn’t there warning the directors that they would be “backbiting snakes” if they ...

Good news Chicago! Changes to CTA routes are happening that will result in increased service and new connections. Take a read, esp if you ride the 53, 53A or 93!:

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