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Overnight on the Chicago El
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<blockquote data-quote="NorthShore" data-source="post: 958247" data-attributes="member: 7546"><p>Actually, that seems odd to me. The every weekend shuttle from Rosemont to O'Hare has been well known and publicized, generally. In fact, it's the one thing CTA has actually made clear.</p><p></p><p>Generally speaking, a combination of lower ridership during covid leaving riders to feel unsafe (as it's largely been a combination of homeless and riff raff riding) and the aforementioned unreliability and crowding when a bus or train finally arrives accounts for this current state of affairs.</p><p></p><p>Ridership is returning. There are lots of tourists downtown weekends. It's not quite as bad as it was a few months or a year ago. Schedules still suck. I feel like you can't count on getting anywhere weekends on CTA. If you make solid connections, consider yourself lucky. I've argued that CTA should change schedules entirely to place the more frequent service weekends (when it is currently needed) rather than weekday rush (when it isn't with so many workers still not consistently in downtown offices.) Look at ridership patterns (including blue collar essential workers reliant on transit and entertainment travel along with tourism) and reapportion resources there.</p><p></p><p>I'd also argue that part of the challenge with the Blue and Red Lines (which is every bit as bad, just a little different..especially considering that it's the line which connects several universities...I call Chicago a "college town", as especially evidenced any Thur-Sun night on the Red Line....and a lot of popular bar areas) is that they operate 24/7. This is rare in the U.S. It is needed and necessary. However, it adds up to a combination of drunk young people, homeless, and riff raff along with whoever else is using the system to get to/from work or visiting friends or out for entertainment or communting to a hotel, which creates a fascinating view of society and an interesting spark of unexpected occurrences.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NorthShore, post: 958247, member: 7546"] Actually, that seems odd to me. The every weekend shuttle from Rosemont to O'Hare has been well known and publicized, generally. In fact, it's the one thing CTA has actually made clear. Generally speaking, a combination of lower ridership during covid leaving riders to feel unsafe (as it's largely been a combination of homeless and riff raff riding) and the aforementioned unreliability and crowding when a bus or train finally arrives accounts for this current state of affairs. Ridership is returning. There are lots of tourists downtown weekends. It's not quite as bad as it was a few months or a year ago. Schedules still suck. I feel like you can't count on getting anywhere weekends on CTA. If you make solid connections, consider yourself lucky. I've argued that CTA should change schedules entirely to place the more frequent service weekends (when it is currently needed) rather than weekday rush (when it isn't with so many workers still not consistently in downtown offices.) Look at ridership patterns (including blue collar essential workers reliant on transit and entertainment travel along with tourism) and reapportion resources there. I'd also argue that part of the challenge with the Blue and Red Lines (which is every bit as bad, just a little different..especially considering that it's the line which connects several universities...I call Chicago a "college town", as especially evidenced any Thur-Sun night on the Red Line....and a lot of popular bar areas) is that they operate 24/7. This is rare in the U.S. It is needed and necessary. However, it adds up to a combination of drunk young people, homeless, and riff raff along with whoever else is using the system to get to/from work or visiting friends or out for entertainment or communting to a hotel, which creates a fascinating view of society and an interesting spark of unexpected occurrences. [/QUOTE]
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