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.