Service beyond SP2025 (was: March 25 System Pick)

[Sam92]

56 minutes ago, Busjack said:

But can it make it at Peterson-Ravenswood?

Back to this point... Apparently the shuttle is straight campus to campus and it's people going from north side into Evanston for other things that might be making them consider the 201 extension. If it's Rogers Park like this guy says then going via Pratt then ridge kinda still covers ridge where the gap is widest, doesn't really compete with 96 and 155 cause that's just a place for them to turn around and simplifies the ride for 147/201 transfers which apparently is a preference given the growing contempt for Howard transfers 

[Sam92]

23 hours ago, YoungBusLover said:

Well one thing is for sure and two things are for certain, I do not approve of 77th getting the #39 back from Kedzie. 😂😂😂😂

 

No more 39 west of orange line possibly? 39's been said to be stronger on the east end and it gets close to 35 west of the orange line. That's the only reason I can see them moving to 77th cause the relief from K is quicker and K would probably have tried to move something heavier out of it was a space issue

[Mr.NewFlyer1279]

1 hour ago, Busjack said:

But can it make it at Peterson-Ravenswood?

absolutely not. that underpass is terrible to make turns with a wide vehicle.

[Sam92]

23 hours ago, Busjack said:

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2. I don't know what "extend 1 to South Lakefront" means. Certainly not the old routing through Michael Reese (which isn't there now).

 

On 6/13/2025 at 9:30 PM, YoungBusLover said:

Well one thing is for sure and two things are for certain, I do not approve of 77th getting the #39 back from Kedzie. 😂😂😂😂

I think I got an idea....

I said a few minutes ago that the move of 39 means it might be cutting back.... 

It's been said here 39 is strongest east of the red line.

I agree that the #1 isn't being sent south via Drexel but since 15 isn't being changed in response to #1 either CTA agrees with some of us that #15 can use some help (in which restoring the routing via Indiana and Hyde Park can help) OR skipping over 74th might mean they might cut Pershing west of the green line and extend the #1 via Pershing, cottage, 47th and Lake Park to preserve the heavier part of pershing. If we wanna take this a step further maybe serving Yates involves extending the #1 back to 83rd. I don't think 5B/6B works cause the only part of Yates that I see generating riders is the stretch between 83rd and 75th. If you send the #1 all the way back you can divert 71 via 83rd to Yates to cover that stretch. Alternatively they could leave 71 alone and have the #1 continue straight down Yates this time then cut over to 83rd and the lakefront.

 

[Sam92]

13 hours ago, Tcmetro said:

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For the 143 - I would instead eliminate the 134, as the 156 takes the same amount of time to get to LaSalle St and the 143 would still service Michigan & Lake (Illinois Center). There's a lot of overlap on these routes though, so I'd imagine the 143 recommendation comes from a more detailed review of the travel patterns. 

 

5 hours ago, Javi75 said:

The 134 is the only bus route that goes from Sheridan & Stockton to Wacker Drive, a huge chunk of the 134/135/136 ridership is on Wacker Drive. 

I think Wacker drive isnt doing as much due to COVID. Since they mention consolidation maybe idea is 151 handles 143's job up to wacker since AM rush isn't as intense. 134 still runs express to Wacker but runs to Michigan and congress instead

[TaylorTank1229]

53/N53/53A restructure & 93 Sunday service takes effect on Sunday, August 17th.

https://www.transitchicago.com/cta-to-extend-routing-of-three-bus-lines-to-better-serve-west-side-communities/

[artthouwill]

10 hours ago, Sam92 said:

 

I think I got an idea....

I said a few minutes ago that the move of 39 means it might be cutting back.... 

It's been said here 39 is strongest east of the red line.

I agree that the #1 isn't being sent south via Drexel but since 15 isn't being changed in response to #1 either CTA agrees with some of us that #15 can use some help (in which restoring the routing via Indiana and Hyde Park can help) OR skipping over 74th might mean they might cut Pershing west of the green line and extend the #1 via Pershing, cottage, 47th and Lake Park to preserve the heavier part of pershing. If we wanna take this a step further maybe serving Yates involves extending the #1 back to 83rd. I don't think 5B/6B works cause the only part of Yates that I see generating riders is the stretch between 83rd and 75th. If you send the #1 all the way back you can divert 71 via 83rd to Yates to cover that stretch. Alternatively they could leave 71 alone and have the #1 continue straight down Yates this time then cut over to 83rd and the lakefront.

I'm not sure if I agree with any of this.  The reason why the 39 is strongest east of the Dan Ryan is because of the direct connection to the 35th Red Line station  .  Cutting the 39 at the Red Line and using the 1 to run on Pershing east of the Indiana Green Line station  doesn't do anything.  Thus any extension of the 1 doesn't make sense, especially when the 4 uses 35th and covers  the same territory.

After riding the 71, I'm sure the route is fine the way it is now and the east west routes sufficiently cover service for passengers living along Yates.

I believe 77th possibly getting the 39 compensates for the loss of buses on 53A due to route contraction and the high frequency portion going to 53 ( and either C or C and K).