> There are scores of Lake Shore Express buses every day on routes like the 134, 135, 136, 143, 146 and 147. Yes, and during busy periods, it’s often impossibl

> There are scores of Lake Shore Express buses every day on routes like the 134, 135, 136, 143, 146 and 147. Yes, and during busy periods, it’s often impossible to get a bus because they’re stuck on the drive, and when you do get a bus, you sit with the rest of the congestion. Watching your incoming bus disappear from the bus tracker is a regular occurrence, and people regularly plan for 30-60 minute delays because it’s impossible to know if today is a 20 or a 60 minute trip. This is a significantly worse transit experience than areas of the city served by the L or even other inland bus routes. Most of the early proposals for the project specifically focused on dedicated bus lanes with a goal to encourage more bus use by ensuring people can actually get buses and those buses can actually get from point A to B. The proposal they’re moving forward with makes incremental improvements but falls far short of the original goals and what many Chicagoans and their representatives have been pushing for. > The Lakefront Trail has a well-maintained… Yes, I ride it daily. There are numerous danger zones where accidents regularly occur due to mixed bike, pedestrian and vehicle traffic. In just the past two weeks, I’ve encountered three cars on the bike trail, and this happens regularly. Improving these zones is one of the major wins in the proposal. There are also major stretches that are just on the other side of a single guard rail, and riding those stretches involves breathing massive amounts of exhaust. Some of the improvements incrementally improve this, but there had been hopes that they’d reroute the trail in those area to improve safety. But there just isn’t enough space in many cases. > but to claim that it is not a transit corridor strikes me as disingenuous Maybe you misunderstood the comment? The project started with a goal of expanding public transit and improving safety for pedestrians and cyclists. Right now, LSD is a highway meant for cars that some buses run on. I live by the red line so I can get north/south easily. The same cannot be said for people living right on the lake. This is a once in 100 years type of project, and was seen as an opportunity to revamp public transit along the lake. This is why they spent 10 years trying to figure out how to put bus lanes in, and it’s not because it’s currently a good option for buses. It’s also why people got really upset about the direction it’s going, and thus my original comment. > It is more a "transit corridor" than perhaps anywhere else in the city Do you live here and use public transit on LSD regularly? Because this is just demonstrably not true. Yes, there are some bus routes that use the drive. The effectiveness of those routes varies wildly, which is one of the driving reasons behind the project.