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CAMPAIGN

CTA Line for Southeast Chicago

Chicago, IL
Description:

Recently some groups have been calling for Metra to convert to an "L"-like timetable with trains running every 10 or 15 minutes.

http://chi.streetsblog.org/2016/01/1...ike-the-cta-l/

But I have another, crazier idea. In 2013, CTA pulled all the Red lines tracks south of Cermak road and re-built the line all the way to 95t St. in 5 months. Cost: $425 million.

http://www.transitchicago.com/redsouth/

What if they simply pulled the Metra tracks and rebuilt it, as they did with the Redline, to be an actual L train connected with rest of the CTA system?

Hyde Park would finally have an L line and this would help economic and construction development in the neighborhood.

Michael Payne Lisle, IL

Jeff, what would be the advantage of rebuilding the line, over using the existing infrastructure?: http://bit.ly/GrayLineInfo