tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post1841517288259816009..comments2024-03-28T15:05:10.372-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Not an "issue," a "traffic snarl from hell"Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-90254680284063562732014-06-13T21:18:39.783-05:002014-06-13T21:18:39.783-05:00Maybe the city can repave the sidewalks too: in la...Maybe the city can repave the sidewalks too: in late October.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-46947692002224907532014-06-13T08:34:29.261-05:002014-06-13T08:34:29.261-05:00It's disappointing our transit agencies aren&#...It's disappointing our transit agencies aren't jumping on this opportunity to encourage "choice" commuters to try transit as an alternative, and it's equally disappointing that IDOT throws in "use transit instead" as almost an afterthought. The CTA is (quietly) suspending scheduled Blue Line work these weekends to try to ease the crunch; to my knowledge Metra hasn't even acknowledged the Kennedy closure.<br /><br />We shouldn't be closing the city down for a highway project, obviously, but there should be better coordination between our transportation providers (which includes IDOT). A temporary decrease in Blue Line park-and-ride costs and increased frequencies on Metra's MD-N/W and UP-N/NW could help deal with the short-term snafus while possibly lowering traffic in the long run if people start to see transit as a viable, attractive option.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07061655989445294676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-40335244046694412962014-06-13T07:30:25.295-05:002014-06-13T07:30:25.295-05:00Neil,
Thank you so much for today's column. W...Neil,<br /><br />Thank you so much for today's column. We had been planning to take some of the grandkids up to Chicago during one of those weekends and it would have been a disaster. Thanks again!David P. Grafnoreply@blogger.com