Right. Folks like to talk about how nobody allegedly rides it, whereas it actually gets a surprising amount for how limited it currently is. Let’s see if any of the planned extensions (Walker’s Point, Westown, Bronzeville, East Side) come to fruition. I know we’ve been denied federal grants several times for constructing them, but I am assuming that is due to us not having finished the starter set for so long and even needing an Act of Congress to extend the grant deadline for the L-Line.
I am a little suspicious of the max effectiveness of the proposed expansions (except the Bronzeville one) due to their seemingly short length, but gosh we need pretty much any size of step at this point for anything transportation-related. One of these days I should see if I can dig up the studies that are available for them and figure out the estimated impact each one will have.
It’s interesting to me that this article, written for a general audience, doesn’t mention what the card does. On the one hand it doesn’t really matter, the point of the story is “man has odd hobby of collecting many copies of cheap card”. On the other hand, it wouldn’t take more than a sentence to say “In Magic you use lands to pay for your other spells, and Stone Rain sets your opponent back by removing one of their lands.” Arguably one of the simplest cards for an outside audience to understand.
I cant help but think how incredibly soul crushing it would be to commute all the way to chicago every day… even from the sturtevant station, its a full hour train ride (on-top of just getting to the station.)
Sucks for the people adversely affected though… that a rough surprise…
Depending what bus I take, my ride can be about 40min. It’s not amazing, but on a bus I can actually relax and do stuff. I imagine on a train with a bathroom etc it’s better. I doubt anyone enjoys it, but it’s definitely not comparable to commuting by car.
There have been a lot of UW system cuts lately :S I understand part of it is due to market factors, but I hope the part caused by stagnant state funding doesn’t cause too much further damage before it can be fixed in a few years after the gerrymander gets blown up
Somebody new bought Midtown Center and a new tenant is moving into the space that the city normally leases for the voting site. It sounds like they lease it for a month when an election approaches and then let it go again but a normal business is willing to grab it for longer. My voting site in Glendale keeps moving (a university, a high school, a bar, a library, etc). A disused retail space is probably pretty conveint but I'm sure there is a church basement somewhere if they can't work something out with Midtown Center.
A pedestrianized brady st sounds like a great idea! Its use as a business district is already well established with tons of pedestrian activity & i feel would succeed quite well with pedestrianization. Think of how much more outdoor dining there could be or the programming that could occur on game days.
Here is the link to the proposed brady st designs… personally, im quite a fan of option 3 from a practicality aspect (option 4 would likely have exceptions to vehicle restrictions, particularly between humboldt and franklun): bradystreet.org/pedestrian-first-study/
Its worth noting though, such plans are quite ambitious considering the obscenely prudish and backwards nature of the local businesses. They refuse to accept even the most minor of traffic calming as proven by their demands to remove the recently installed chicane.
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