Posted Sep 28, 2017, 7:56 AM
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Originally Posted by denizen467
^ Everyone complains about this but still I don't agree. I think saving 15 minutes is less important than clearing off the table pain points like crime, panhandlers, urine, breakdowns, earsplitting tunnel noise, vague timetables, unintelligible passenger announcements, drunken revelers or rowdy weekenders, being simply too packed to allow more passengers, and general unreliability, since airport trips normally require assurance of timeliness, safety, and some modicum of cleanliness and comfort. However, it is true that, to some extent, you could accomplish this just with comfortable purpose-built carriages running along the Blue Line with no stops and controlled platform entry at each terminus. So this Metra station routing may offer limited advantages over that, such as Ogilvie being a more desirable and workable downtown terminus compared to Clark/Lake, and the absence of line stoppages due to police action or malfunctions.
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If it's not express from a time standpoint, you're not competing against the 'L', you're competing against taxis, Uber, and other car services,
I think making an Express that DOESN'T use the L system in parts is kind of silly, personally. My napkin estimates put the cost of using Block 37, the West portals between Clark/Lake and Grand, a deep tunnel straight shot to Logan Square & Belmont and then elevated or parallel tracks with one addition stop at Jefferson Park would be $1.8 and $2.3 billion, which seems comparable to other options and allows you to easily also run to McCormick.
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Last edited by emathias; Sep 29, 2017 at 4:24 PM.
Reason: correcting a mistake that reversed the meaning of my sentence ... doh!
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