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Anonymous Sun 30 Oct 2016 22:21:22 No.1022598 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>1022638 >>1022639 >>1022806 >>1022986 >>1026772 >>1034029 >>1034649

Give me one reason why the Chicago-Milwaukee corridor shouldn't have electric trains leaving every 30 minutes all day.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 30 Oct 2016 23:00:13 No.1022605 Report

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Amtrak doesn't own the tracks.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 30 Oct 2016 23:49:49 No.1022619 Report

Quoted By: >>1022628

Who wants to go to Milwaukee?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 31 Oct 2016 00:16:49 No.1022628 Report

Quoted By: >>1026778

>>1022619
>Who wants to go to Milwaukee?
Anybody that wants to leave Chicago.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 31 Oct 2016 00:45:46 No.1022638 Report

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>>1022598
As that guy who keeps shilling for Seattle to San Diego highspeed rail; I'm going to say there isn't a reason.

Ithaqua

Ithaqua Mon 31 Oct 2016 00:46:53 No.1022639 Report

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>>1022598
Hiawatha steamers were the ugliest machines on the tracks.. Milwaukee Road was so ghetto they streamlined an Atlantic loco.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 31 Oct 2016 02:55:06 No.1022669 Report

Quoted By: >>1022671 >>1022872 >>1023022

It literally used to.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 31 Oct 2016 02:57:04 No.1022671 Report

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>>1022669

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 31 Oct 2016 22:29:05 No.1022806 Report

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>>1022598
It's a waste of money. Companies do things because it makes economical sense. Do you really have enough people going to Milwaukee and Chicago and back again to justify a train every 30 minutes?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Nov 2016 04:29:52 No.1022872 Report

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>>1022669
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Nov 2016 20:43:56 No.1022986 Report

Quoted By: >>1026766

>>1022598

>Scott Walker

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 01 Nov 2016 23:34:54 No.1023022 Report

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>>1022669
So comfy. This would make me want to live in that cold flyover state

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Nov 2016 02:48:46 No.1026766 Report

Quoted By: >>1029918

>>1022986
Not an argument.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Nov 2016 03:17:42 No.1026772 Report

Quoted By: >>1028643

>>1022598
For a line with such a low frequency you don't need electrification

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 15 Nov 2016 03:55:08 No.1026778 Report

Quoted By: >>1034678

>>1022628
To go to a city that is worse off?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 21 Nov 2016 17:51:47 No.1028568 Report

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I see you posting, Milwaukee Road autist

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Nov 2016 01:16:10 No.1028643 Report

Quoted By: >>1028666 >>1028793 >>1034795

>>1026772
>For a line with such a low frequency you don't need electrification
The frequency is shit because the ridership isn't there, but the ridership isn't there because the frequency is shit. (Also, the experience and speed aren't great.)

There's a chicken-and-egg situation, so fixing things will require a little faith.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 22 Nov 2016 02:21:57 No.1028666 Report

Quoted By: >>1028954 >>1034777

>>1028643
Electrify the UP/North Line first.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 22 Nov 2016 12:45:11 No.1028793 Report

Quoted By: >>1029586

>>1028643
what is the current daily ridership number on the route if you add train, bus, plane, cardriver, and ferry passengers together? and what is the break down?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Nov 2016 00:14:48 No.1028954 Report

Quoted By: >>1034797

>>1028666
Agreed. Since we're dreaming, why the hell doesn't Metra work like a proper S-Bahn at this point and have been fully electrified?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 25 Nov 2016 01:55:07 No.1029586 Report

Quoted By: >>1029660

>>1028793
>ferry passengers
Is this a significant factor at all? I know there's lots of road traffic between Chicago and Milwaukee (I've been stuck in it a couple of times) but I can't think why anyone would use a boat for that unless they were extremely fond of lake cruising. Those folks will probably continue to do just that, and we already know they're not in a hurry. They can be discounted.

Now some people (worldwide) do use ferries for commuting and business travel, but only where it makes sense. Along one side of a lake? Nope.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 25 Nov 2016 09:08:59 No.1029660 Report

Quoted By: >>1029671

>>1029586
I did have heard that there are almost no regular ferry service in the Great Lakes area, but I am not too sure about the current situation down the ground in the region so I just put it down anyway.
But why it's a bad idea to use ferry alongside a lake?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 25 Nov 2016 10:41:32 No.1029671 Report

Quoted By: >>1029714 >>1029744

>>1029660
It's slow as fuck.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 25 Nov 2016 16:55:59 No.1029714 Report

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>>1029671
get high speed ferries with speed of 40-50kt.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 25 Nov 2016 19:34:24 No.1029744 Report

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>>1029671
Google map say both driving/train take 1.5 hours. At 50kt, the journey time should be the same but you can get your car from one city to the other without having to drive between.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Nov 2016 15:57:14 No.1029918 Report

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>>1026766
Yes an argument.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 07:10:37 No.1032469 Report

Quoted By: >>1032504 >>1033707 >>1033941 >>1034275

Give me one reason why the Chicago-Tacoma corridor shouldn't have electric trains leaving every 30 minutes all day.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 11:25:55 No.1032504 Report

Quoted By: >>1032563 >>1034275

>>1032469
Where's Tacoma?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 07 Dec 2016 19:16:45 No.1032563 Report

Quoted By: >>1034275

>>1032504
Washington state, on the Pacific coast.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 Dec 2016 04:37:57 No.1033707 Report

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>>1032469
Because it a fuck huge span between both termini also Seattle has more people.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 Dec 2016 15:45:32 No.1033941 Report

Quoted By: >>1034275

>>1032469

Well, that's now a work-in-progress for Seattle-Tacoma corridor at least.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 15 Dec 2016 00:30:23 No.1034029 Report

Quoted By: >>1034041 >>1034273

>>1022598
Public transit increases crime, Chicago (and surrounding areas) don't need any more crime.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 15 Dec 2016 02:01:52 No.1034041 Report

Quoted By: >>1034144

>>1034029
This is a stale Republicuck meme.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 15 Dec 2016 15:01:19 No.1034144 Report

Quoted By: >>1034208 >>1034273

>>1034041
... It is a statistically significant correlation.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 15 Dec 2016 21:09:51 No.1034208 Report

Quoted By: >>1034255 >>1034289

>>1034144
Correlation =/= Causation.

You don't want to pay the taxes to support public transit (you're likely either a richfag or an auto/petroshill), so you invented a meme that "Soul Trains" are going to shuttle hoards of shucking and jiving Congoloids into the lily-white neighborhoods of scared rich people to rape and kill everything in sight.

Luckily, here in Chicago we've had our railroads for 150 years and therefore know how much bullshit your meme is. Even the richest, Reddest suburbs love Metra.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 16 Dec 2016 02:01:07 No.1034255 Report

Quoted By: >>1034273

>>1034208
>Correlation =/= Causation.
I know, that's why I said correlation...

>You don't want to pay the taxes to support public transit
That is indeed part of it.
Theft is theft.

>Luckily, here in Chicago we've had our railroads for 150 years and therefore know how much bullshit your meme is.
Ah yes, Chicago. The paragon of low-crime cities...

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Anonymous Fri 16 Dec 2016 03:30:22 No.1034273 Report

Quoted By: >>1034610

>>1034029
>>1034144
>>1034255
you abject retard

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 16 Dec 2016 03:33:15 No.1034275 Report

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>>1032469
>>1032504
>>1032563
>>1033941
>tfw people know about my hometown

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 16 Dec 2016 06:24:51 No.1034289 Report

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>>1034208
really enjoyed this post

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 17 Dec 2016 21:01:05 No.1034610 Report

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>>1034273
But if those maps are in terms of per capita, then it wouldn't be so silly, would it?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 17 Dec 2016 23:29:09 No.1034649 Report

Quoted By:

>>1022598
>going to milwaukee

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 18 Dec 2016 02:36:47 No.1034678 Report

Quoted By:

>>1026778
>Wanting to live in Illinoying

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 18 Dec 2016 13:21:00 No.1034777 Report

Quoted By: >>1034815

>>1028666
That's a lot of commuter rail for an american city

Pretty cool

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 18 Dec 2016 15:23:52 No.1034795 Report

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>>1028643
The frequency is shit because the work centers in the corridor are not near the stations. The most valuable function of this line is to go from your house to the Chicago CBD. The municipalities that have the houses did not want new work centers near their CBD's for cost and racial reasons and forced them out along the interstate cuz good people drive cars.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 18 Dec 2016 15:25:44 No.1034797 Report

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>>1028954
Why doesn't Metra have a schedule that lets you transfer through the downtown stations in a reasonable period of time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 18 Dec 2016 17:21:36 No.1034815 Report

Quoted By: >>1034818

>>1034777
Chicago is the U.S. rail capital.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 18 Dec 2016 17:27:16 No.1034818 Report

Quoted By: >>1034830

>>1034815
no connecting rail from Peoria, Illinois biggest downstate city. Feels bad, man.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 18 Dec 2016 17:46:02 No.1034830 Report

Quoted By: >>1034832

>>1034818
Who used to run Chicago-Peoria?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 18 Dec 2016 18:11:38 No.1034832 Report

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>>1034830
I don't know. I have to drive 30 miles to the nearest Amtrak station if I want to take the train to Chicago.

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