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Originally Posted by chicagopcclcar1
I don't want a Metra conversion with 100 percent less service and five hundred percent more expense.
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Why do you assume fares on a converted IC line would be higher than other CTA train lines? And why do you assume headways would be less than the Green Line branches? Surely those would be the two most basic conditions underlying any transfer of operation or branding. Don't let your distaste for the Gray Line's main proponent blind you to the benefits of better using existing infrastructure.
Why do you think it's good policy for CTA to extend the Red Line and run eight-car trains on eight-minute headways through an area with such low population and even lower ridership potential? Fewer than 20,000 people live within a half-mile walk of all four new RLE stations combined. I find it hard to imagine that boardings will even cover the station agents' salaries.
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All of you people are welcome to spread your intellect out on the south side if you dare. Speaking is so much easier than carrying on a debate in the internet, don't you agree??
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CTA does not allow public speaking at their "open houses." You write your question or comment on an index card and put it in a shoebox, to be responded to later.