The CTA’s newest estimate is to start construction by 2025 should the required funding be secured.Īccording to Beale, CTA officials, including president Dorval Carter, fail to appear at City Council meetings even when summoned, making it nearly impossible to raise concerns directly. The proposed Red Line Extension project aims to add Park & Ride lots only to the new stations built south of 95th and Dan Ryan.īut riders have been promised this extension for over 50 years, only for construction to never begin. He does say that if the CTA petitions to change the zoning of those properties, Beale, as the alderman, would “wholeheartedly support it.” However, Beale himself acknowledges that the parking lots are not currently zoned for parking.
Give the people some place to park so they can park a car, get on the CTA and get to work in a timely manner.” It’s already been excavated, it’s already ready to go, the land has been cleared. “This Park & Ride can be done in a matter of weeks. “CTA has already purchased all the lots, they have cleared them out,” Beale said.
Beale said that the CTA already owns unused land that could easily be made into Park & Ride lots. Standing on the corner at 95th and State St., Beale points to two, large vacant lots surrounded by black wrought-iron fencing, and notes a lack of space isn’t the issue.
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“And a comparable effort wasn’t made south to upgrade those lines to give the folks in those neighborhoods those kinds of park and ride access.” “I think what’s driving the inequity in some ways is the Blue Line Extension to O’Hare, just excellent, large parking facilities there,” he said. Transportation specialist and DePaul University professor Joe Schwieterman sees the same issue. “It’s not a priority for the CTA.”Ī map of Park & Ride locations in Chicago. “We know … this is in the heart of the African-American community, where resources have been neglected,” Beale said. Anthony Beale (9 th Ward), this discrepancy illustrates an inequity. Just over 75% of the CTA’s more than 6,000 spots are north and west of downtown. There are only 18 CTA Park & Ride lots across 145 stops, fewer than most major cities. That’s a perfect spot for one … even after all the construction and re-beautification, they still didn’t do it.” “A Park & Ride would be great like at the 95 th Street terminal. “I’ve lived on the South Side but I’ve never seen a Park & Ride on the South Side, as far as CTA or anything like that,” said Teon Webster, a former South Side resident who now frequents the Park & Ride at the Howard Red Line station. If they choose to drive the entire commute, they’ll face a packed Dan Ryan Expressway and expensive downtown parking. Due to the lack of CTA-provided parking options, South Side commuters are often forced to park on streets, sometimes illegally, risking a ticket or a tow.
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