Commentary: The CTA Red Line extension is a mistake — Metra is ready to better serve the South Side – Chicago Tribune

"The proposed project is not just expensive for an aboveground rail line — its cost, $2.3 billion for 5.3 miles, could pay off CTA’s entire unfunded pension liability — but it also serves an area already covered by two Metra lines."
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debtsor
6 years ago

Oh, oh, oh, can I comment? Wasn’t there an article in the Trib a while back, maybe a year ago, that claimed that the Metra on the south side was not a viable option because of ‘equity’? Metra was too expensive for POC in the area, the limited schedule doesn’t address varying work hours of community residents, and the metra platforms were not updated.

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