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| Author: | Douchebag [ Thu Feb 09, 2017 12:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | United Center - Green Line Stop |
I'm not sure why they didn't make this a stop on the pink line instead. That seems much closer. Damen and Lake seems just as far as Ashland and Lake. Quote: THERE IS A NEW L STOP OPENING UP NEAR THE UNITED CENTER The Chicago Transit Authority announced Thursday they will be putting an L stop right by the United Center. This is welcome news for pretty much anybody who lives within the Chicago limits as the public transit options for getting to/from Bulls and Blackhawks games were relegated just to buses. Now, there will be a Green Line stop at Damen and Lake, less than two blocks north of the UC. Currently, the closest train stop to the United Center is nearly a mile away. Now for the bad news: This new Green Line stop won't be operational until the middle of 2020, according to the projection. The construction won't even begin until late 2018. The project will be paid for by tax increment financing (TIF) and will cost roughly $50 million. "Today, we close the transit gap and provide local residents and businesses with the new station they have been asking for," Mayor Rahm Emanuel said in a statement. "The new station at Damen and Lake will fill a longstanding need for better transit operations." http://www.csnchicago.com/chicago-cta-L-stop-near-united-center-bulls-blackhawks-nba-nhl |
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| Author: | Caller Bob [ Thu Feb 09, 2017 12:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: United Center - Green Line Stop |
Can white people ride it? |
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| Author: | Seacrest [ Thu Feb 09, 2017 12:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: United Center - Green Line Stop |
Douchebag wrote: I'm not sure why they didn't make this a stop on the pink line instead. That seems much closer. Damen and Lake seems just as far as Ashland and Lake. Quote: THERE IS A NEW L STOP OPENING UP NEAR THE UNITED CENTER The Chicago Transit Authority announced Thursday they will be putting an L stop right by the United Center. This is welcome news for pretty much anybody who lives within the Chicago limits as the public transit options for getting to/from Bulls and Blackhawks games were relegated just to buses. Now, there will be a Green Line stop at Damen and Lake, less than two blocks north of the UC. Currently, the closest train stop to the United Center is nearly a mile away. Now for the bad news: This new Green Line stop won't be operational until the middle of 2020, according to the projection. The construction won't even begin until late 2018. The project will be paid for by tax increment financing (TIF) and will cost roughly $50 million. "Today, we close the transit gap and provide local residents and businesses with the new station they have been asking for," Mayor Rahm Emanuel said in a statement. "The new station at Damen and Lake will fill a longstanding need for better transit operations." http://www.csnchicago.com/chicago-cta-L-stop-near-united-center-bulls-blackhawks-nba-nhl The trail from Winfield won't stop there anyway. |
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| Author: | Douchebag [ Thu Feb 09, 2017 12:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: United Center - Green Line Stop |
Seacrest wrote: The trail from Winfield won't stop there anyway. Winfield Metra to Oak Park, hop on Green Line and you're there. |
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| Author: | Ogie Oglethorpe [ Thu Feb 09, 2017 12:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: United Center - Green Line Stop |
Hey! Another way for Julie to explore the West Side
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| Author: | Seacrest [ Thu Feb 09, 2017 12:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: United Center - Green Line Stop |
Douchebag wrote: Seacrest wrote: The trail from Winfield won't stop there anyway. Winfield Metra to Oak Park, hop on Green Line and you're there. Like I said, the train from Winfield doesn't stop there. And the article said, it's almost a mile to the UC from Ashland and Lake. It's only two blocks from Damen and Lake. |
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| Author: | ChiefWampum [ Thu Feb 09, 2017 12:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: United Center - Green Line Stop |
Douchebag wrote: I'm not sure why they didn't make this a stop on the pink line instead. That seems much closer. Damen and Lake seems just as far as Ashland and Lake. Quote: THERE IS A NEW L STOP OPENING UP NEAR THE UNITED CENTER The Chicago Transit Authority announced Thursday they will be putting an L stop right by the United Center. This is welcome news for pretty much anybody who lives within the Chicago limits as the public transit options for getting to/from Bulls and Blackhawks games were relegated just to buses. Now, there will be a Green Line stop at Damen and Lake, less than two blocks north of the UC. Currently, the closest train stop to the United Center is nearly a mile away. Now for the bad news: This new Green Line stop won't be operational until the middle of 2020, according to the projection. The construction won't even begin until late 2018. The project will be paid for by tax increment financing (TIF) and will cost roughly $50 million. "Today, we close the transit gap and provide local residents and businesses with the new station they have been asking for," Mayor Rahm Emanuel said in a statement. "The new station at Damen and Lake will fill a longstanding need for better transit operations." http://www.csnchicago.com/chicago-cta-L-stop-near-united-center-bulls-blackhawks-nba-nhl It's closer than Ashland/Lake by a few blocks. They foresee greater growth in the area right at Damen/Lake with businesses and some revitalized housing north of the tracks, especially by Summer 2020. Pink line would have been a little closer, but as I understand, Pink doesn't run as often. |
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| Author: | Douchebag [ Thu Feb 09, 2017 12:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: United Center - Green Line Stop |
Seacrest wrote: It's only two blocks from Damen and Lake. That's not true. Look on a map. It's about 5 blocks from Damen & Lake. Ashland & Lake is 7 blocks. The stop should be a Pink Line stop at Monroe. That would only be about a block |
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| Author: | Brick [ Thu Feb 09, 2017 12:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: United Center - Green Line Stop |
It should be done just in time for when self driving cars makes public transportation obsolete. |
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| Author: | KDdidit [ Thu Feb 09, 2017 12:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: United Center - Green Line Stop |
How close is it to The Cobra Lounge? |
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| Author: | Curious Hair [ Thu Feb 09, 2017 1:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: United Center - Green Line Stop |
Should have built it at Paulina/Madison, but hey, they tried. I'm guessing the opening will coincide with the development of the parking lots. |
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| Author: | Baby McNown [ Thu Feb 09, 2017 1:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: United Center - Green Line Stop |
KDdidit wrote: How close is it to The Cobra Lounge? Not far enough. |
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| Author: | sinicalypse [ Thu Feb 09, 2017 5:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: United Center - Green Line Stop |
yeah put me down with the people saying there should be a stop off of the pink line for this (with an easy transfer at ashland if there isn't one already) --- as it stands you figure cabs and ubers/lyfts would be hanging around the ashland green line for people who don't want "a taste of local flavor" when they go to a hawks game, and i'd say that moreso than walking from ashland west to the UC people are more "concerned" about walking south to madison from lake st, and that doesnt really change too much whether it's ashland, damen, or western. |
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| Author: | chaspoppcap [ Thu Feb 09, 2017 6:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: United Center - Green Line Stop |
You want to talk about fixed. I checked Clear Path. According to it there has been no crime in the entire area for over 3 months lol |
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| Author: | Frank Coztansa [ Thu Feb 09, 2017 6:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: United Center - Green Line Stop |
Over 2 years away Will Trump still be President when this thing opens? |
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| Author: | Chus [ Thu Feb 09, 2017 10:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: United Center - Green Line Stop |
chaspoppcap wrote: You want to talk about fixed. I checked Clear Path. According to it there has been no crime in the entire area for over 3 months lol 
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| Author: | America [ Fri Feb 10, 2017 10:03 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: United Center - Green Line Stop |
http://www.chicago-l.org/operations/lines/paulina.html There was a stop at Madison on the Paulina Connector once upon a time |
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| Author: | spmack [ Tue Feb 14, 2017 3:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: United Center - Green Line Stop |
What they should have done was have the stop at Lake and Wolcott, with Damen being the auxiliary exit. Or have an aux exit to Wolcott because you can see the front of the United Center clear as day from that intersection. Hell, they market the Cermak Green Line stop as McCormick Place but you still have 3-4 blocks to go before you get there. By the way, here's one person's rendition of the future stop. 
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| Author: | Don Tiny [ Tue Feb 14, 2017 3:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: United Center - Green Line Stop |
Accuracy counts ... has anyone checked to see if the ratio of whites to non-whites is appropriately represented in that rendering? |
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| Author: | Curious Hair [ Tue Feb 14, 2017 3:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: United Center - Green Line Stop |
Don Tiny wrote: Accuracy counts ... has anyone checked to see if the ratio of whites to non-whites is appropriately represented in that rendering? Well, let's see, it's the Lake Street Green Line, but it's a stop for hockey games, so adjust for pi, carry the 1, should be 1:3? |
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