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Old Posted Jan 10, 2012, 10:37 PM
BrianTH BrianTH is offline
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Extending the T from the NSC to PIT is very unlikely to happen in the conceivable future.

That notion originated as a rationalization for rerouting the NSC from the North Side to along the North Shore, the true motive for which was to benefit the stakeholders in developing the North Shore. Such a notion makes little inherent sense, among other reasons because:

(1) the NSC is on the wrong side of the Ohio;

(2) the T is the wrong rail technology to use for an airport express;

(3) the airport isn't busy enough to support the massive investment it would take (note there are no existing rail lines to or even particularly near the airport);

(4) far more cost-effective and just as fast or faster would be to keep upgrading the express bus service to the airport.

Fortunately, $15 million in local funding for the NSC as it is will be money well spent. Although I would prefer to have seen the state/federal portion spent on different transit projects in the area, the reality is if they hadn't been spent on the NSC, they might not have been spent anywhere in the area at all.
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