tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840511756286055487.post4483049891658568913..comments2024-03-27T20:04:53.585-06:00Comments on Illinois Transportation Issues: London, Paris, Chicago: Transit FundingTom Bamontehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08257129333713108323noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840511756286055487.post-50257313788089524632007-05-21T22:27:00.000-06:002007-05-21T22:27:00.000-06:00Density is the "simple" view. Look to Activity Cen...Density is the "simple" view. Look to Activity Centers for the way to Sustainable Regional Transit.<BR/><BR/>The problem (a really big one)is that there are 3 major activity centers in the region with more or less equal trip generation values. One is extremely well served-- downtown. The other 2--- the first Shaumburg/Elk Grove/O'Hare and second Oak Brook/I88 aren't. Now what? Shall we fake it? If you're gonna go for more money for transit, then you gotta get more transit for money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840511756286055487.post-23045692852409268712007-05-21T19:45:00.000-06:002007-05-21T19:45:00.000-06:00Anonymous--I agree that the lack of density in mos...Anonymous--<BR/><BR/>I agree that the lack of density in most of the Chicago metropolitan area makes public transit marginal in most areas.<BR/><BR/>The fact that the taxing base of the RTA region includes many area where public transit is marginal makes inevitable the political dynamic of suburbanites complaining about how little transit they get for their money. Recall that all of the collar counties rejected the referendum that created the RTA.Tom Bamontehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08257129333713108323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4840511756286055487.post-52097309753467129522007-05-21T16:58:00.000-06:002007-05-21T16:58:00.000-06:00Look at the density. Chicago area has 1/4 the den...Look at the density. Chicago area has 1/4 the density of the other 2. Low density = difficult to serve market for transit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com