CHICAGO: Transit Developments

[TowerDude]

Should protect the ability to get to Northfield/Glenview eventually.

[ardecila]

Originally Posted by Randomguy34

I interpreted the mayor's line as really being "NNHS' parking must not be impacted". A big reason for the previous extension being cancelled was cause the station would have terminated at NNHS parking lot and people complained they'd have no where to park, even though the line would have been single-track elevated

I think if the line now terminates at Old Orchard instead of the NNHS parking lot, there'll be less pushback.

Somehow I don't think NNHS folks will be satisfied if the station is 300' further east on mall property. They've also managed just fine with reduced parking due to the current IDOT project... the CTA impacts would be similar.

Even Westfield, which claims to support the idea of rail service, might balk if it's their land in question for a station and bus terminal.

Originally Posted by TowerDude

Should protect the ability to get to Northfield/Glenview eventually.

I don't think extending CTA infinitely out into the suburbs is a good idea when Metra exists. Old Orchard Mall is a logical endpoint, because many North Side residents already go there to shop.

[k1052]

Originally Posted by ardecila

Somehow I don't think NNHS folks will be satisfied if the station is 300' further east on mall property. They've also managed just fine with reduced parking due to the current IDOT project... the CTA impacts would be similar.

Even Westfield, which claims to support the idea of rail service, might balk if it's their land in question for a station and bus terminal.

I think you do an elevated station over Old Orchard Road to avoid both properties.

[ardecila]

Originally Posted by k1052

I think you do an elevated station over Old Orchard Road to avoid both properties.

woof

[Busy Bee]

Interim terminal station on north side of Golf, ideally submerged with grade crossing elimination. Monitor rider volume and if after a decade or so the benevolent owners of OOSC want to chip in, a 2/3 mile extension paralleling 94 (with a short cut and cover tunnel under NN athletic fields) and veering east to a terminal station at the SW corner of Old Orchard and Skokie Blvd.

Golf Road station would ideally spark interest in an integrated Old Orchard Woods scaled TOD redevelopment of current Nissan dealership, and a terminal at OOSC would eventually lead to a dense, mixed-use revamp for the suburban, car-oriented mall.

[Randomguy34]

It's happening


https://bsky.app/profile/starlinechicago.bsky.social/post/3mmeqog5cm22u

[left of center]

Great news! With higher gas prices, I see a lot more people taking advantage of the increased service.



What ever happened to the initiative to rename all the Metra Lines? Is that still ongoing study?

[nomarandlee]

Originally Posted by Randomguy34

It's happening
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Very cool. I'm gonna make an unnecessary trip to Joliet just to check out the new fleet.

[Busy Bee]

Good news indeed.

[Randomguy34]

This was mentioned in last month's Citizens Advisory Board, the first set of battery trains will arrive in October and will be displayed at the APTA convention in McCormick Place. Still no date about when they will formally enter service

[Randomguy34]

Oh. My. God. MED will have increased frequency June 15th, with Hyde Park stations now having 20 minute minimum frequencies all day till 8pm. They also mentioned during yesterday's Sandhouse Rail Meeting that they'll finish this year installing bi-directional signaling and increasing speeds to 79 MPH. Metra and NICTD say they will then build a completely new schedule for MED and SSL from scratch!

Schedule: https://schedules.metrarail.com/pdf/alte...20effective%20June%2015_202605211049.pdf

[Klippenstein]

Interesting. No more once daily express service to South Chicago/93rd. Also, slight shift for some of the trains I usually take. Good to know.

[Bonsai Tree]

Originally Posted by left of center

Great news! With higher gas prices, I see a lot more people taking advantage of the increased service.



What ever happened to the initiative to rename all the Metra Lines? Is that still ongoing study?

It's happening still, don't worry.

[Randomguy34]

Riley O’Neil, a spearhead of the Complete Streets initiative, was killed while cycling in Bridgeport Friday. Driver with a suspended license doored him in the bike lane, which led him getting run over by a semi-truck. Never met Riley but heard plenty of wondering words about him. Really fucked up situation. So many things could have prevented this, CDOT having continued extending the Halsted concrete upgrades to 31st, preventing suspended drivers from using a fucking car, the city stopping semi-trucks from using every single fucking street in the city. There's too many micro and macro level decisions that could of prevented his death that it hurts

https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/06/07/...cture-killed-while-biking-in-bridgeport/

[Busy Bee]

Horrible.