CTA circle Jerk
I saw a placard in the "L" car this morning that referred to the proposed Chicago Transit Authority Circle Line Project.
The sign stated that public meetings will be held at different venues over the course of three days in May. The first is on Tuesday, May 2 at the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum. The second is Wednesday, May 3 at Lincoln Park High School and the final meeting is in Room 1017 of the University of Illinois at Chicago Molecular Biology Research Building.
Because the randomness of locations piqued my interest and given the fact that the new "L" line is to be called the Pink Line, I thought I'd do a little research on the CTA Circle Line Project.
The above mentioned public meetings are designed to gather input on this project as part of what the CTA is calling an alternatives analysis study. Meaning that they are looking for ways to generate federal funding for transit projects of such scope.
The CTA website had the following to say:
"The Circle Line is an ambitious new proposal for linking all of CTA and Metra's existing rail lines in Chicago with a single new line that would encircle the city's growing central area. The Circle Line proposal is designed to provide convenient shortcuts for CTA and Metra customers making cross-town trips, while also improving access to the periphery of Chicago's central area. In addition, the Circle Line's improved connections between CTA and Metra would create efficient rail transit linkages between the city and the region."
"The Circle Line can be built in three discrete, practical phases with tangible benefits to CTA customers after each phase. Depending upon funding availability, all three phases could be completed over a 10 to 15-year period."
At the very top of this outline is an Editor's Note which is in red. I found it quite humorous and hope you will too. This is what it said:
"Please note that the plan presented below was published in 2002 and is highly conceptual in nature. Like many transportation proposals, it mentions corridors, locations, routes, and modes, but does so in the interest of suggesting options to be explored."
"As with all federally-funded projects, the CTA will undertake an extensive alternatives analysis process, including community and inter-governmental input, before deciding on a final plan. All alignments, routings, station locations, modes, and timetables discussed below are conceptual and subject to change from when the concept below was first released in
2002."
Curious...it's now 2006 and they're just getting around to this. It just goes to show how long something can take now doesn't it?
The sign stated that public meetings will be held at different venues over the course of three days in May. The first is on Tuesday, May 2 at the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum. The second is Wednesday, May 3 at Lincoln Park High School and the final meeting is in Room 1017 of the University of Illinois at Chicago Molecular Biology Research Building.
Because the randomness of locations piqued my interest and given the fact that the new "L" line is to be called the Pink Line, I thought I'd do a little research on the CTA Circle Line Project.
The above mentioned public meetings are designed to gather input on this project as part of what the CTA is calling an alternatives analysis study. Meaning that they are looking for ways to generate federal funding for transit projects of such scope.
The CTA website had the following to say:
"The Circle Line is an ambitious new proposal for linking all of CTA and Metra's existing rail lines in Chicago with a single new line that would encircle the city's growing central area. The Circle Line proposal is designed to provide convenient shortcuts for CTA and Metra customers making cross-town trips, while also improving access to the periphery of Chicago's central area. In addition, the Circle Line's improved connections between CTA and Metra would create efficient rail transit linkages between the city and the region."
"The Circle Line can be built in three discrete, practical phases with tangible benefits to CTA customers after each phase. Depending upon funding availability, all three phases could be completed over a 10 to 15-year period."
At the very top of this outline is an Editor's Note which is in red. I found it quite humorous and hope you will too. This is what it said:
"Please note that the plan presented below was published in 2002 and is highly conceptual in nature. Like many transportation proposals, it mentions corridors, locations, routes, and modes, but does so in the interest of suggesting options to be explored."
"As with all federally-funded projects, the CTA will undertake an extensive alternatives analysis process, including community and inter-governmental input, before deciding on a final plan. All alignments, routings, station locations, modes, and timetables discussed below are conceptual and subject to change from when the concept below was first released in
2002."
Curious...it's now 2006 and they're just getting around to this. It just goes to show how long something can take now doesn't it?
posted by Chris at 8:43 AM
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