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Originally Posted by ardecila
We don't know what's proposed, but it probably WON'T be a Manhattan or London-style congestion zone. If it's just another tax on Uber/Lyft, I doubt it will raise nearly enough revenue for rail improvements.
SBS-style bus lanes, on the other hand, might be feasible (signs and paint, v cheap, get JC Decaux to pony up for shelters and ticket machines). Put em on State, Halsted, Chicago, Roosevelt, Milwaukee, Columbus, maybe LSD if IDOT will play ball, open up the McCormick Busway to CTA if McPier and Metra will play ball, etc. You could build out a whole downtown network for a low 9-figure budget that would supplement and extend the rail network, or relieve the rail lines in the case of the O'Hare Blue and Brown Lines.
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It's hard to tell until we get the parameters of what's actually under consideration of course.
SBS like service might be an option. Really I'd like to see major systemwide improvements even to local busses like all door boarding, TSP, boarding islands, stop consolidation, electrification, etc.
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