Tcmetro Posted May 24 Report Share Posted May 24 Looks like the 9 Ashland bus is being extended to Lawrence & Ravenswood Metra. https://www.reddit.com/r/CarFreeChicago/s/htQKd1WP2w 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artthouwill Posted May 25 Report Share Posted May 25 3 hours ago, Tcmetro said: Looks like the 9 Ashland bus is being extended to Lawrence & Ravenswood Metra. https://www.reddit.com/r/CarFreeChicago/s/htQKd1WP2w I felt like a northern extension was needed but I don't know if Lawrence abd Ravenswood station does much. It should improve service on the 9 during days the Cubs are playing I wonder if the 9 should have been extended to Clark/Arthur and cut the 50 Damen toFoster and Ashland and possibly serve the Ravenswood Metra station Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorTank1229 Posted May 25 Report Share Posted May 25 9 minutes ago, artthouwill said: I felt like a northern extension was needed but I don't know if Lawrence abd Ravenswood station does much. It should improve service on the 9 during days the Cubs are playing I wonder if the 9 should have been extended to Clark/Arthur and cut the 50 Damen toFoster and Ashland and possibly serve the Ravenswood Metra station Never really figured the #9 needed to go as far as Devon since the #22 runs pretty much adjacent to the street of Ashland between Montrose & Edgewater. Usually figured maybe the #50 would probably get that extension one day. Sure that bakery on the corner right next the terminal wish that used as a bus stop… maybe 💁♂️😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungBusLover Posted May 25 Report Share Posted May 25 So I just got done reading an article about there possibly being an extension in the works for the #9 that would change the current northern terminal. The proposed change would have the #9 continue North past Irving Park to the Ravenswood Metra Station just south of Lawrence Ave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam92 Posted May 25 Report Share Posted May 25 13 minutes ago, YoungBusLover said: So I just got done reading an article about there possibly being an extension in the works for the #9 that would change the current northern terminal. The proposed change would have the #9 continue North past Irving Park to the Ravenswood Metra Station just south of Lawrence Ave. I mean for reverse commuters that's fine and all but apparently a lot of people like @jajuan rely on the 22 connection which will be lost if this happens. Smarter move might've been via Irving, Clark, Wilson to the ravenswood station to help out with both Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rail Introvert Posted May 25 Report Share Posted May 25 32 minutes ago, YoungBusLover said: So I just got done reading an article about there possibly being an extension in the works for the #9 that would change the current northern terminal. The proposed change would have the #9 continue North past Irving Park to the Ravenswood Metra Station just south of Lawrence Ave. I'm totally for this!! Extending #9 Ashland to the Metra station would provide a more direct connection to the station than #22 Clark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyerMCI Posted May 25 Report Share Posted May 25 30 minutes ago, Sam92 said: I mean for reverse commuters that's fine and all but apparently a lot of people like @jajuan rely on the 22 connection which will be lost if this happens. Smarter move might've been via Irving, Clark, Wilson to the ravenswood station to help out with both It's not the worst walk in the world, but by that same metric, might as well close the gap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyerMCI Posted May 25 Report Share Posted May 25 No mention of the X9, will that continue to Clark/Belle Plaine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busfan2847 Posted May 25 Report Share Posted May 25 5 minutes ago, NewFlyerMCI said: No mention of the X9, will that continue to Clark/Belle Plaine? The X9 goes to Irving Park/Sheridan not Clark/Belle Plaine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted May 25 Report Share Posted May 25 45 minutes ago, Sam92 said: I mean for reverse commuters that's fine and all but apparently a lot of people like @jajuan rely on the 22 connection which will be lost if this happens. Smarter move might've been via Irving, Clark, Wilson to the ravenswood station to help out with both The /r post, when magnified, shows a loop via Wilson, Ravenswood, (east of the tracks), and Lawrence. But leaves: Does this include X9? If yes, that would lose the connection to continue nort on the Red Line. If no, afternoon service would be only every 10-14 minutes. (Note: typed while the above posts were pending,) I had previously suggested improving 22 Clark service by running it via Irving Park, Ashland, to maybe Foster. I would not run 9 via Clark because Clark is less navigable and the east side would only generate ridership from the ghosts in Graceland Cemetery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyerMCI Posted May 25 Report Share Posted May 25 1 hour ago, busfan2847 said: The X9 goes to Irving Park/Sheridan not Clark/Belle Plaine. Thanks, I never noticed looking at that on the map Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted May 26 Report Share Posted May 26 Short walk to Clark from Leland through chase park, that’s mhm recommendation for people who need to connect to the 22 as it’s a short walk and Chase park looks nice for a short walk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strictures Posted May 26 Report Share Posted May 26 5 hours ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said: Short walk to Clark from Leland through chase park, that’s mhm recommendation for people who need to connect to the 22 as it’s a short walk and Chase park looks nice for a short walk It's a 3/8ths of a mile walk from the Ravenswood Metra station to Clark & Lawrence. This old guy has to stop & catch his breath every block to make that walk. There are times I'd like to see the 50 Damen extended to Clark/Arthur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tcmetro Posted May 28 Author Report Share Posted May 28 Streetsblog article cites CDOT's recent bike lane project on Clark as a driver to find a new layover location. https://chi.streetsblog.org/2024/05/27/miracle-on-ashland-avenue-despite-past-pushback-from-neighbors-bus-route-will-be-extended-north-to-ravenswood-metra 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jajuan Posted May 28 Report Share Posted May 28 On 5/25/2024 at 12:52 PM, Sam92 said: I mean for reverse commuters that's fine and all but apparently a lot of people like @jajuan rely on the 22 connection which will be lost if this happens. Smarter move might've been via Irving, Clark, Wilson to the ravenswood station to help out with both I saw the Streetblog article about it just now, and from the look of the map the quick walk over to the turnaround point, won't be too bad. But a couple of seniors who I normally see in the morning might have an issue especially in winter months. Actually looking a little closer, I see there would be a southbound stop at Lawrence and Ashland. So it wouldn't even be necessary to walk to Ravenswood. I think the bigger issue for some would be making the transfer in the reverse because at that point, yes it would require the walk between the station and Clark Street. I also saw that the impetus for this was the desire for a new layover spot following the the completion of the enclosed bike lane on Clark. I came see this because, even though the bike lane construction has been finished for almost six months, CTA never ended the detour of Ashland buses on to Belle Plaine. And that was in fact due to the buses having a narrower space to try negotiating that left turn from Clark on to Southport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renardo870 Posted May 31 Report Share Posted May 31 On 5/24/2024 at 6:28 PM, Tcmetro said: Looks like the 9 Ashland bus is being extended to Lawrence & Ravenswood Metra. https://www.reddit.com/r/CarFreeChicago/s/htQKd1WP2w I like the extension to Ravenswood Metra but I wondered if serving the Damen Brown Line Station was considered as well, which would have provided connections to the 50 Damen route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smolensk Posted June 1 Report Share Posted June 1 On 5/24/2024 at 6:28 PM, Tcmetro said: Looks like the 9 Ashland bus is being extended to Lawrence & Ravenswood Metra. https://www.reddit.com/r/CarFreeChicago/s/htQKd1WP2w Since Ravenswood is already one of the busiest Metra stations outside of downtown, wouldn't it have made more sense to direct any new traffic to the Peterson station? I mean they spent good money building the thing, might as well send additional traffic to it and relieve some of the load at Ravenswood. All of the Metra UP-N trains stop at Peterson as well as Ravenswood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javi75 Posted June 1 Report Share Posted June 1 How soon would this extension go into effect? It would make sense for the X9 to remain the same as it connects to the busiest L line in the system. I think the drivers on the 9 would love not having to deal with Cubs traffic anymore. Also I realized 6 has the longest bus routes I wonder how they manage it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungBusLover Posted June 1 Report Share Posted June 1 13 hours ago, Javi75 said: How soon would this extension go into effect? It would make sense for the X9 to remain the same as it connects to the busiest L line in the system. I think the drivers on the 9 would love not having to deal with Cubs traffic anymore. Also I realized 6 has the longest bus routes I wonder how they manage it. More than likely the Fall Pick you'll see the new extension to go into effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyerMCI Posted June 1 Report Share Posted June 1 14 hours ago, Smolensk said: Since Ravenswood is already one of the busiest Metra stations outside of downtown, wouldn't it have made more sense to direct any new traffic to the Peterson station? I mean they spent good money building the thing, might as well send additional traffic to it and relieve some of the load at Ravenswood. All of the Metra UP-N trains stop at Peterson as well as Ravenswood. The amount of people transferring btwn the 9 & Metra isn't likely to be high, especially for reverse commuters. The alderman announcement didn't even mention the Metra connection, just the jobs/housing in the area and the 78/81 connection. Outside of community requests for service along Ashland north of Irving Park, I wonder if another impetus for this move was likely a search for available layover space after the Clark Ave bike lane project. I know they left room for CTA buses to continue laying over, but I wonder if that got more constrained. The project was only just completed Nov/Dec of last year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tcmetro Posted June 4 Author Report Share Posted June 4 The streetsblog article was updated to say that it is happening in "late summer" so whatever day the next pick is - I believe that would be in August. https://chi.streetsblog.org/2024/05/27/miracle-on-ashland-avenue-despite-past-pushback-from-neighbors-bus-route-will-be-extended-north-to-ravenswood-metra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorTank1229 Posted June 4 Report Share Posted June 4 9 hours ago, Tcmetro said: The streetsblog article was updated to say that it is happening in "late summer" so whatever day the next pick is - I believe that would be in August. https://chi.streetsblog.org/2024/05/27/miracle-on-ashland-avenue-despite-past-pushback-from-neighbors-bus-route-will-be-extended-north-to-ravenswood-metra So CTA should likely be giving the effect date for the extension during the meeting on Thursday then, yes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungBusLover Posted June 4 Report Share Posted June 4 5 hours ago, TaylorTank1229 said: So CTA should likely be giving the effect date for the extension during the meeting on Thursday then, yes? More than likely yes, the Fall Pick would be the tentative start date which would be the first Monday of the new CPS school year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renardo870 Posted June 4 Report Share Posted June 4 (edited) 5 hours ago, YoungBusLover said: More than likely yes, the Fall Pick would be the tentative start date which would be the first Monday of the new CPS school year. First day of CPS shool year is tentatively dated for Monday, Aug 26, 2024. So the 2024 Fall Bus Pick will be tentatively set for Sunday Aug 25th, 2024. Edited June 5 by renardo870 Edit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungBusLover Posted June 4 Report Share Posted June 4 26 minutes ago, renardo870 said: First day of CPS shool year is tentatively dated for Monday, Aug 26, 2024. So the 2024 Fall Bus Pick will be Tentatively set for Sunday Aug 25th, 2024. Quote You are correct my friend, Summer Picks are usually the shortest while the Winter Picks are the longest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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