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Originally Posted by ardecila
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It would certainly explain Rahm's newfound interest in the Gray Line proposal for Metra Electric... it checks a number of boxes politically, bringing rapid transit to the U of C, the Obama Library, the Pullman Monument, and numerous black communities on the South Side at a fraction of the cost of the Red Line extension (maybe the final nail in the coffin of that project). In practice, though, it's less useful as transit since it doesn't connect to the rest of the CTA or Metra systems.
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It's not much, but Rock Island and Metra Electric have adjacent stations in Blue Island.
And extending the Green Line at 63rd to meet the Metra Electric tracks again would be one way to tie it to the CTA (and the South Shore, too).
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