To add some data: there were almost exactly 4 million riders that boarded at the O’Hare L station last year 8 million fares (assuming the number getting on is s

To add some data: there were almost exactly 4 million riders that boarded at the O’Hare L station last year 8 million fares (assuming the number getting on is similar to the number getting off) is an estimate for the current public transit load from downtown-ish (big ish). Obviously they would like to canabalize many riders who don’t currently ride the train as well. https://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/6/2017_CTA_Annual_Ridership_Report.pdf https://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/6/2017_CTA_Annual_Ri...