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isn't it saying that the loop capacity is 60% of the _current ridership_ of the blue-line? not 60% of an unused maximum. Seems to me the 'loop' would be criti
by allannienhuis 8y ago
isn't it saying that the loop capacity is 60% of the _current ridership_ of the blue-line? not 60% of an unused maximum. Seems to me the 'loop' would be criticised for being constantly busy & over capacity.
- njarboe 8y agoHopefully they can just increase the price to keep it at just capacity. As long as they don't charge a super high price to maximize profits and the train is mostly empty (like I see with many toll roads), I don't see why using price to keep it just full is a problem. Use the extra profits to build another tunnel.
- gok 8y agoThe "ridership of the entire Blue Line" number isn't particularly interesting here; very few of those people are going to the airport. A more interesting number is entries at the O'Hare Blue Line station, which is about 10,500 per weekday, or 440 per hour. So this design could accommodate something like a 5x increase in transit-to-ORD.