Oh cool, you are from Chicago! Care to share what you find interesting about the CTA? I heard that the (L) line in NYC came from the Chicago El. Thank you.
@@samitherailfanner7146 I love the ease of the CTA being color coded so it is pretty easy to figure out. Also, the CTA goes to so many areas. I would say one thing that is not talked about is METRA. In Chicago, we have CTA for the city and METRA bringing suburban residents and some in Wisconsin into the city. Last year, METRA alone had 14.1 million riders on a pandemic down year. The CTA gets about 800k riders a day for both the rail and buses which is about 1.6 million riders a day. I believe other Midwest cities could get large numbers of riders if the investment was there. Public transportation saves so much time and make you day run much smoother. I keep up with Detroit because it is my favorite city to visit with my favorite downtown.
@@trongriffinproductions7159 I agree, Midwestern cities have the railway potential for becoming very connected. Just like how the Northeast corridor exists for the northeast, the Midwest has the railway potential to connect to its major cities (Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit, etc..) with Chicago being the central city. So in summary, Chicago proves the railway potential in the midwest and how it could be just as connected as the tri state region in New York (using its existing railway infrastructure).
I noticed that the Times Square, Fort/Cass, Renaissance Center, and a couple other stations were skipped. I also tapped the stations on Apple Maps, but they show that there are no upcoming departures. Do you know why?
They were only serving a handful of stations or as they called it limited service, they had to do some work to the closed stations. As of right now, only 11 out of 13 stations are open, they did reopen a few a couple months ago.
Amazing views. Detroit elevated rail designer did an amazing job. The city's el reminds me a lot of my city's el here in Chicago
Oh cool, you are from Chicago! Care to share what you find interesting about the CTA? I heard that the (L) line in NYC came from the Chicago El. Thank you.
i mean, ya know, besides no one using it, would probably be ok if it had an actual network to connect to
and it going in one direction......
@@samitherailfanner7146 I love the ease of the CTA being color coded so it is pretty easy to figure out. Also, the CTA goes to so many areas. I would say one thing that is not talked about is METRA. In Chicago, we have CTA for the city and METRA bringing suburban residents and some in Wisconsin into the city. Last year, METRA alone had 14.1 million riders on a pandemic down year. The CTA gets about 800k riders a day for both the rail and buses which is about 1.6 million riders a day. I believe other Midwest cities could get large numbers of riders if the investment was there. Public transportation saves so much time and make you day run much smoother. I keep up with Detroit because it is my favorite city to visit with my favorite downtown.
@@trongriffinproductions7159 I agree, Midwestern cities have the railway potential for becoming very connected. Just like how the Northeast corridor exists for the northeast, the Midwest has the railway potential to connect to its major cities (Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit, etc..) with Chicago being the central city. So in summary, Chicago proves the railway potential in the midwest and how it could be just as connected as the tri state region in New York (using its existing railway infrastructure).
Ton of reasons people kept going: Pass Times Sqaure, Fort/Cass, Renaissance Center, Bricktown and Cadilliac Center.
I noticed that the Times Square, Fort/Cass, Renaissance Center, and a couple other stations were skipped. I also tapped the stations on Apple Maps, but they show that there are no upcoming departures. Do you know why?
I’m sure the skip stops have to do with the limited number of people accessing these stations. But then again, I am not so sure either 😅
It reopened with some of the stations still closed. As of mid September, 10/13 are now open.
They were only serving a handful of stations or as they called it limited service, they had to do some work to the closed stations. As of right now, only 11 out of 13 stations are open, they did reopen a few a couple months ago.
@@Jamestube8439 Ok :)
looks just like the scarborough rt
They both have similar models 😂😂
and scarborough rt looks just like vancouver skytrain lol
@@someguyontheinternet9683 is skytrain that iconic?
Perhaps, Motor City sums it up.
The dwell times seem excessive. More likely to see a dinosaur than a person on the people mover.
Lmaoo 😂
This thing is useless
How So?