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Originally Posted by left of center
Wow, great news! Love both the designs they are proposing. I wonder if the city feels that there is no need for including a dedicated transit option. I only say this because the right of way for surface transit (BRT or light rail) already exists, which is a fairly rare situation in an already built up and dense environment like Chicago. That said, there is already duplicate service offered by the Pink Line nearby, so there would be potential ridership cannibalization. I remember this was a concern when the state was hunting for funds from the feds for an Ogden Ave streetcar line a decade or two ago.
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Yes, I think it would cannibalize the Pink Line. Better to just offer a decent bus service along the corridor - the 157 is a great start but they need to expand the hours so it runs early morning/late night.
The Ogden streetcar is a weird one, I think it was Bill Lipinski's pet project. I never heard any support from transit planners or community groups, nobody thought it was a good idea except the congressman. Even his son stopped pushing the project after the old man died.