BUSANGEL#1
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Remember most of the rebuilt and new Green line stations already have two elevators on each side (except the island 35th,Cicero, and Harlem platforms). I agree and wish the Blue line had elevators at all stations especially since it serves a major airport. Unfortunately CTA is not doing a full scale rebuild of the stations like previous lines so comparing the Blue line to the Green or Red is not fair. I would compare it to the station renovations of the north Red line where it only extended the life.
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Yes i remember but at that time Pace was only stopping every half mile on Michigan. I agreed on getting rid of the King Drive portion, the 111 needed to be split. Roseland still has a decent business district even though its not as prominent. Its similar to Commercial Ave, or Madison/Pulaski. When I grew up in the area Pace was the only option to get from Chicago to Riverdale, South Holland, Homewood and now River Oaks Mall. People from the suburbs who wanted to transfer to east-west routes in between 130th and 95th are also screwed now. For example on my way to school many people would take the 353 to 103rd and King and transfer to 106 for Olive-Harvey. These were students who were not near the 34 Altgeld branch, but lived near the 353 138th/Leyden branch. 353 was the best option. Now the only option or transfer between 34/353 is at 130th/Indiana (which is not a good spot to transfer lol).
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I forgot all about 353. I wish it still ran on Michigan Ave south of 111th it was way faster than the local 34/119. Plus it gave Riverdale access to the Roseland business district and hospital.
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Yes and I was referring to both because you used "was" when discussing Michigan having 60 minute owl service. Currently its 30 minutes and was always 30 minutes.
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Yes but South Halsted has only been missing owl service for 17 years. Besides #34 South Michigan there use to be #N108 Halsted/95th before Booz-Allen cuts and #N112 Vincenns between 111th and 95th/Dan Ryan only.Also Michigan never had 60 minute owl service. It was always 30 minutes north of 119th and 60 minutes on the branches (Altgeld and 119/Morgan). After the 1997 cuts owl service was cut from the 119th branch and only exists on #34 today. Also the #103 use to be owl between Vincenns/Beverly Garage and 95th/Dan Ryan.
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Both times I rode that route it actually performed well for a rush only express route. The problem was reliability and missing trips. When I did service checks at CMC, most of the workers told me the bus was never there when shifts ended. 5 workers were stranded at 103rd garage because a X99 (it was a busted TMC lol ) pulled into the garage without notice, instead of continuing to 95th/Red Line (the 106 stopped running). After one pick and when grant money ran out the route disappeared. I believe it was also political and if it was a contract route like 169 it would still be there. The similar thing happened when 34 stopped doing the CID trips at 137th.
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Two main reasons why 103 has been recently short. 1. Over 10 of their artics have been on long term maintenance for some reason. They have been parked in the back for a while now waiting on repairs. This has affected their spare ratio and performance on service. 2. Ever since Chicago received artics the south side has been under-equipped in general,
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9600 GMC Fishbowl: 71 71st street 9800 Flyer: 71 71st street 4000 MAN Americana: 63 63rd Street 7000 MAN Artic: 131 Washington 4400 RTS: 29 State 4900 RTS: 16 Lake 4900 Orion: 34 South Michigan 5300 Flex: 20 Madison 5800 Flyer: 155 Devon 6000 Flex: 29 State 6400 Nova: 87 87th 7500 NABI Artics: 14 Jeffery Express 500 Optima: 100 Jeffery Manor Express 1000 Flyer: 87 87th Street 800 Flyer: 60 Blue Island/26th 900 Flyer: 12 Roosevelt 4000 Flyer Artic: 14 Jeffery Express 4300 Flyer Artic: 6 Jackson Park Express 7900 Nova: _________________________
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Its official "The Plaza" which was the country's first and oldest indoor mall, is being completely phased out and being replaced with a outdoor strip mall. They already have a Walmart, Sams Club, and Meijer (opened early this year). Now there are plans for more big boxes such as Home Depot and Best Buy. Plus there are plenty of shops on the Beverly side of Western, so the area is still a traffic generator and major transfer point for a 49 extension.
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Peak direction (A.M Northbound, P.M Southbound) it does well now with the extension to "The Plaza," which covers a partial gap where X49 was operated. Otherwise if 48 is eliminated there would be no service to the Orangeline on Western south of 79th, forcing some city people to transfer. It would be better if they just extend some 49 trips to 97th because the frequency of 48 has been cut almost to 22-25 min, when X49 did 7min in the peak from "The Plaza" all the way to Berwyn.
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CVCA's eastern border on anthony is only 1 block from South Chicago, but most students take either 87th or Jeffery. When I went to CVCA, there were tons of school trips on #30 for Bowen which is 3 blocks away and Washington. So there was plenty of coverage.
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Artics on the 30 mostly served school trips coming from Washington High School on 114th/Avenue O, and Bowen on 89th/Colfax/South Chicago. When 103rd had Nabis they put a lot more on #30 school trips, probably as a punishment to those bad students .
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No major scheduling or routing changes on the system at all until winter pick.
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No I was referring to people wanting beach service, or that actually live in the area east of King who need service. Most people who take the 35 east of King are going to the Red Line or further west. Its obvious that #4 serves those transferring from #35 (usually going south), but it only goes as far west as Michigan.
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Not really it may be logical but, what about the people east of King that need direct service to the lakefront? Or those on 35th getting off in the vicinity of Cottage? That would be the purpose of using the old routing, unless someone proposes splitting the terminal with every other bus going to the lakefront. This would mean poor frequency and reliability.
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The routing wouldn't be any different from the old Mercy/Reese Hospital trips the 35 did before 2010.
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I used a speedometer app on both my android and iphone. Its called "speedbox," and it records or tracks how fast a moving object is going if you're on/in it, or nearby.
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This what the standard is and what they tell everybody but reality is different. There are other rail lines outside of the Kennedy/Dan Ryan/Eisenhower that can go 55 or higher, such as the Pink, Orange, Green, Purple, and Yellow lines. Personally I have clocked an Orange line going 60 and a Skokie Swift going over 60. The Brown Line has too many curves and stops and barely does 35. Sometimes it will do 45 on the North Main portion between Armitage and Clark Junction just north of Belmont.
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Remember the Apple renovation was only for the station house not the actual station itself. The actual platforms and station components (escalators/facade/electrical) were never touched, besides tunnel cleaning and painting for more advertisements. Technically it was a "station renewal" until more T.I.F money can be identified for CDOT.
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Let's not underestimate the South Side Main and the power of gentrification. All those empty lots near the Green Line south are filling up with new development especially between 47th and 59th. 20 years ago when I was growing up in that area property values were really low. Last month me and my friend was searching for places and now it costs around 1500 for a 2 bedroom "Condo" (which is really an apartment in a rehabbed two flat or Graystone) near the 'L.' That wasn't really bad compared to the others near Washington Park. Me and my friend was shocked at how much things have changed in the Bronzeville and Washington Park areas. It is waaay more diverse now than its been in decades, with more young professionals of all demographics moving near the South Side 'L.' So I predict the Green Line will retain some of the attention it got during the Dan Ryan shutdown, even though ridership was already growing slowly. Its a shame it took almost 20 years to regain the ridership it lost before the rehab and shutdown.
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For those who are desperate for transit outside of the #24 hours, they have the #29 four blocks away at State/Laffayette and #87 three blocks south.
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CTA's plans to reroute the 115 and a north-south crosstown key route, either 15 or 28 to end at Pullman Park. Originally the plan was 106/111 (especially the 106 since it could use a ridership boost and traffic generator besides Corliss High School and Olive-Harvey), but the actual routing extension wasn't feasible especially with the 106 already going into Olive-Harvey and the garage.
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The Chatham Market Walmart/Shopping Center has service via the 24 to 87th/Racine. It was rerouted from Vincenns to Holland Road immediately after the Walmart opened, because Alderman Brookins had a connection with Chairman Terry Peterson. As a result it was done quietly with no big dramatic show in the media. There were barely any customer notices about it, bus stops just appeared overnight.
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And we can't forget how they were used as shuttle buses for NATO, and a random run on the 26 (it was a pull from south shops).
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Last but not least we can't forget the 2, which is the last and only LSD route left at 77th that also can use artics, especially in the a.m rush into downtown.