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Originally Posted by VivaLFuego
One thing that irked me, the results of a survey posted at Evanstonnow.com......less than 5% of residents of the new condo developments in downtown Evanston are car-free. Over 20% of households of these new 'urban', high-density developments with great transit access have 2 cars or more.
I mean obviously it's their choice, but it means we shouldn't kid ourselves about Evanston's newfound urbanity and rennaisance of pedestrian and transit culture...
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Unfortunately, the options to get out from Evanston to the other areas of the metro are limited and its just a fact that most people that live in these buildings are going to snub their noses at the bus. But the EL or Metra are not options to travel to the NW suburbs. Heck driving to O'Hare is probably better than having to hope on the Red/Purple line and transfer. Chicagoland really needs to improve the rail connections between certain regions of the metro if there is any hope of reducing car traffic. Even then, as Steely suggests there still needs to be a drastic change in mindset.