Comments on: Expansion in Chicago and DC; BART service for Baseball? http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2008/12/04/expansion-in-chicago-and-dc-bart-service-for-baseball/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:58:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: john laue http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2008/12/04/expansion-in-chicago-and-dc-bart-service-for-baseball/#comment-54 john laue Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:33:32 +0000 http://thetransportpolitic.wordpress.com/?p=273#comment-54 The extension of the red line south to 134th St. is long overdue. The "poverty and isolation" of the area are the two best reasons why this project should happen ASAPjohn laue The extension of the red line south to 134th St. is long overdue. The “poverty and isolation” of the area are the two best reasons why this project should happen ASAPjohn laue

]]> By: jake http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2008/12/04/expansion-in-chicago-and-dc-bart-service-for-baseball/#comment-53 jake Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:34:59 +0000 http://thetransportpolitic.wordpress.com/?p=273#comment-53 Potential routes for the Red Line extension: http://www.transitchicago.com/news/motion/board/redpubdisplbrd200812part2.pdf I can vouch for the miserable experience of getting to the Red Line stations in the middle of the Dan Ryan, and of riding the line surrounded by highway traffic. But I'm skeptical that the extension will spur transit-oriented development, given the poverty and isolation of the area it will serve. Even so, it's still the most important proposed expansion project in Chicago for reasons of basic equity. Potential routes for the Red Line extension:
http://www.transitchicago.com/news/motion/board/redpubdisplbrd200812part2.pdf

I can vouch for the miserable experience of getting to the Red Line stations in the middle of the Dan Ryan, and of riding the line surrounded by highway traffic. But I’m skeptical that the extension will spur transit-oriented development, given the poverty and isolation of the area it will serve. Even so, it’s still the most important proposed expansion project in Chicago for reasons of basic equity.

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