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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

Warpy

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1. Waiting on train platforms in sub zero weather becomes an attractive proposition

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Tue Mar 13, 2012, 06:27 PM

Mar 2012

when gas prices plus the cost of city parking make commuting as usual prohibitively expensive.

Bus stops out here in the wild west are full, too.

I always loved mass transit back in Boston. It provided me with great knitting and reading time so even an hour commute was never wasted.

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CTA (Chicago Transit Authority) ridership jumps to highest level in 20 years [View all] marmar Mar 2012 OP

Waiting on train platforms in sub zero weather becomes an attractive proposition Warpy Mar 2012 #1

parking fees in chicago are insane.. madrchsod Mar 2012 #2