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Originally Posted by UrbanOasis
Another South Looper here...this is correct. I'm also all for bigger developments, but closing down Columbus for festivals/cure cancer walks/etc immediately causes weekday gridlock on Michigan/Wabash/State. The city and CDOT/IDOT whoever really needs to start considering burying Columbus from 11th to Randolph to keep it open all year.
There also needs to be a plan to build "offsite" parking, cheaply, south of Cermak for 90/94/57 and in the west loop for 88 so that suburbanites have choices rather than driving directly into the city/loop proper and screwing things up for the rest of us. Park south of Cermak along State or West of Halsted and then CTA into the city.
No one drives directly into the Magic Kingdom. You park offsite and take the monorail to the gates. Can we start modeling the central area after that model? K thanks bye.
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Metra already offers a $8 weekend pass. For a family of four, that's $32 which is comparable to downtown parking, and most suburban Metra stations already have ample parking.
Of course, on weekdays that same Metra fare could be up to $56, at which point I wouldn't blame said family for driving...
Metra terminals are generally far from Mich Ave/museums/Millennium/Navy Pier, but a downtown circulator could fix this problem easily. I think it's very strange to expect suburbanites to drive all the way into the city, then make them park in Chinatown or wherever and transfer to a train that doesn't even necessarily take them where they want to go. It's a pretty big hike from the Red Line to the Museum Campus or Navy Pier, for example.