[Rizzo]

Thanks for sharing the diagram of Block 37. I had no idea how the alignment worked, considering photos of that area are confusing to understand.

Just further confirms my expectation it will never be used. If I were visiting Chicago as a tourist, I’d either take a rideshare or the blue line. Express service really interests us as Chicagoans because we are familiar with how long the ride is to and from O’hare. But visitors may opt for convenience and familiarity. They’ll memorize the blue line as that one route to get to and from downtown with a whole lot of interesting stops in between to explore. Unless one is really familiar with the layers of mass transit, which most of the general public in the US is not, they aren’t likely to mix services. It may only interest international visitors from places where complex mass transit systems exist.

I think there’s a diminishing market for it. Business professionals will take high end taxi services, many locals will take other trains or buses to the blue line and visitors will opt for single mode use, relying only on the L system instead of mixing in buses or express trains.