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Originally Posted by UPChicago
Are you saying run existing Metra trains with more frequency or install a third rail and run CTA trains?
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The Gray Line would utilize the new Nippon-Sanyo Highliner II's -- modified for Rapid Transit services:
http://www.grayline.20m.com/photo3.html -- NOT CTA 'L' cars.
Operate the in-city MED services at the same frequency as the Red, Blue, Green, Orange, etc., 'L' lines. Install new Ventra TVM's and Turnstyles at the in-city MED stations
(NO on-board fare collection).
FLAT FARE same as other CTA 'L' lines (NOT distance based). No need now for Metra to be paid to operate the service, as the Ventra equipment could now distribute the funds collected from riders directly to the Operator (CTA or Metra). Pass usage could be calculated to distribute funds evenly.
Everyone understands "Branding", try calling your restaurant "McBill's"! Kool cigarettes, and Target are Brands. People move next to the "Red Line", or the "Brown Line"
The "Gray Line" would be part of the CTA 'L' system just like any other 'L' line (but operated with different type equipment - like in many cities). The in-city MED routes do NOTHING at present for the in-city South Side communities that they pass through:
http://www.grayline.20m.com/cgi-bin/...ns_med_map.jpg