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Originally Posted by Kngkyle
The biggest problem with the Red Line Extension as proposed is that the cost of it is significant enough and the ridership potential from the 4 new stations small enough that it has the ROI of Lehman Brothers in 2008. It would not be happening if not for the skin color of the area residents.
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The 95th station is the 4th most popular stop in the entire system (behind Red Line Chicago, Blue Line O'Hare, and Red Line Lake). That seems to imply there would be some demand for an extension from that terminus. Maybe there would be more demand to the west of 95th, but it seems clear by existing usage that there is demand in the area.
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Combined, the Red, Green, Orange and Pink Lines provide 38 stations to South Side residents, according to City of Chicago data. This works out to one station per 3.5 square miles or 31,579 residents per one station. North Siders, by contrast, have access to a combined 81 stations on the Blue, Pink, Green, Purple, Red and Brown Lines (this does not include extra-municipal stops on the Purple and Yellow lines). On the North Side, there is one station per 1.3 square miles or 18,516 residents per one station.
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Originally Posted by Kngkyle
There is plenty of available land around the 95th yard to expand it amongst the 94/57 road spaghetti.
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This sounds expensive in itself. It also doesn't increase access to the people who don't currently have it. Surely, the complaint would simply morph into "We are paying all this money for no additional lines or stops?"