CTA bans bikes from all trains - why? - The Chainlink2024-03-28T09:55:07Zhttps://thechainlink.org/forum/topics/cta-bans-bikes-from-all-trains-why?commentId=2211490%3AComment%3A925122&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI agree with MK and not with…tag:thechainlink.org,2015-07-03:2211490:Comment:9254082015-07-03T02:54:19.912ZNot too hiphttps://thechainlink.org/profile/Idontmindbeinglost
<p>I agree with MK and not with you. It is much better to have a non variable policy when dealing with the public on an individual basis.</p>
<p>Anyway I can always ride to anywhere the CTA goes. Sometimes it takes a while.</p>
<p>I agree with MK and not with you. It is much better to have a non variable policy when dealing with the public on an individual basis.</p>
<p>Anyway I can always ride to anywhere the CTA goes. Sometimes it takes a while.</p> http://www.myfoxchicago.com/s…tag:thechainlink.org,2015-07-02:2211490:Comment:9249702015-07-02T16:10:12.244ZTom A.K.https://thechainlink.org/profile/TomKrystyn
<a href="http://www.myfoxchicago.com/story/29454516/cta-adding-extra-service-for-fourth-of-july-weekend-events" target="_blank">http://www.myfoxchicago.com/story/29454516/cta-adding-extra-service-for-fourth-of-july-weekend-events</a><br />
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Cyclists should continue to keep the pressure on the CTA for their bike ban policy. Speak up, complain, start a petition.<br />
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Any movement for positive change in our community takes time and persistence.<br />
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Power to the Cyclists !
<a href="http://www.myfoxchicago.com/story/29454516/cta-adding-extra-service-for-fourth-of-july-weekend-events" target="_blank">http://www.myfoxchicago.com/story/29454516/cta-adding-extra-service-for-fourth-of-july-weekend-events</a><br />
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Cyclists should continue to keep the pressure on the CTA for their bike ban policy. Speak up, complain, start a petition.<br />
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Any movement for positive change in our community takes time and persistence.<br />
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Power to the Cyclists ! "A few days we can't use the…tag:thechainlink.org,2015-07-02:2211490:Comment:9251222015-07-02T05:06:56.376ZShawn Evanshttps://thechainlink.org/profile/ShawnEvans
<p>"A few days we can't use the train with bikes is completely reasonable."</p>
<p>No, it isn't reasonable, when it's without reason. Where are the crowds during the day for fireworks?</p>
<p>The July 4th bike ban policy is a holdover from the old days of Grant Park July 3rd Taste of Chicago fireworks, when a million people would travel to the lakefront. It has no purpose now.</p>
<p>"A few days we can't use the train with bikes is completely reasonable."</p>
<p>No, it isn't reasonable, when it's without reason. Where are the crowds during the day for fireworks?</p>
<p>The July 4th bike ban policy is a holdover from the old days of Grant Park July 3rd Taste of Chicago fireworks, when a million people would travel to the lakefront. It has no purpose now.</p> If people didn't complain, Me…tag:thechainlink.org,2015-07-02:2211490:Comment:9250392015-07-02T05:01:54.053ZShawn Evanshttps://thechainlink.org/profile/ShawnEvans
<p>If people didn't complain, Metra wouldn't have relaxed their bike bans.</p>
<p>If people didn't complain, we wouldn't have the 8-hour day, or civil rights, or gay marriage, or a zillion other things.</p>
<p>I don't understand this attitude that says we should accept whatever scraps are given us and never speak up, lest we offend our overlords.</p>
<p>The CTA has plenty of ridership data. They know where the crowd problems are, yet continue to stick it to people with bikes who wish to board…</p>
<p>If people didn't complain, Metra wouldn't have relaxed their bike bans.</p>
<p>If people didn't complain, we wouldn't have the 8-hour day, or civil rights, or gay marriage, or a zillion other things.</p>
<p>I don't understand this attitude that says we should accept whatever scraps are given us and never speak up, lest we offend our overlords.</p>
<p>The CTA has plenty of ridership data. They know where the crowd problems are, yet continue to stick it to people with bikes who wish to board near-empty trains.</p> Bikes are allowed on Metra tr…tag:thechainlink.org,2015-07-02:2211490:Comment:9250372015-07-02T04:51:44.580ZShawn Evanshttps://thechainlink.org/profile/ShawnEvans
<p>Bikes are allowed on Metra trains for 'reverse' commuters during rush hour (to the suburbs in morning & to the city in the evening) because trains dead-end at the final destination, and you have to get off. CTA trains have through routing, so the Brown Line heading south half empty at 4 PM will be bursting at the seams on the way back north. How would they ensure the bikes get off and create room for the expected crowds?</p>
<p>Bikes are allowed on Metra trains for 'reverse' commuters during rush hour (to the suburbs in morning & to the city in the evening) because trains dead-end at the final destination, and you have to get off. CTA trains have through routing, so the Brown Line heading south half empty at 4 PM will be bursting at the seams on the way back north. How would they ensure the bikes get off and create room for the expected crowds?</p> Agreed. A few days we can't u…tag:thechainlink.org,2015-06-30:2211490:Comment:9245182015-06-30T17:19:49.798ZMKhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/MichaelKostal
<p>Agreed. A few days we can't use the train with bikes is completely reasonable. All I think is necessary is regular users get ample notice.</p>
<p>Agreed. A few days we can't use the train with bikes is completely reasonable. All I think is necessary is regular users get ample notice.</p> The Blackhawks parade was a s…tag:thechainlink.org,2015-06-30:2211490:Comment:9242092015-06-30T08:43:31.188ZShawn Evanshttps://thechainlink.org/profile/ShawnEvans
<p>The Blackhawks parade was a special event. Crowd was 'estimated' at 2 million. That's probably grossly inaccurate, but a lot of people from the greater Chicago area converged on a relatively small area, so that's bound to put a strain on the public transit.</p>
<p>The Pride Parade was estimated at 'hundreds of thousands', and the CTA said the Belmont station gets so crowded they have to "halt entry" temporarily. Okay, Red and Brown lines get crowded, but is it system-wide? Do they get…</p>
<p>The Blackhawks parade was a special event. Crowd was 'estimated' at 2 million. That's probably grossly inaccurate, but a lot of people from the greater Chicago area converged on a relatively small area, so that's bound to put a strain on the public transit.</p>
<p>The Pride Parade was estimated at 'hundreds of thousands', and the CTA said the Belmont station gets so crowded they have to "halt entry" temporarily. Okay, Red and Brown lines get crowded, but is it system-wide? Do they get crowds/thousands of add'l passengers on, say, the Orange or Green Lines?</p>
<p>As for the fireworks, people travel to those from 8PM - 9PM, not during the day.</p>
<p>It seems with both these situations, the CTA follows some 'tradition' they have that's not based on actual ridership data.</p> The hours and the brain dead…tag:thechainlink.org,2015-06-29:2211490:Comment:9243052015-06-29T22:32:12.908ZMike Zumwalthttps://thechainlink.org/profile/MikeZumwalt
The hours and the brain dead enforcement is stupid, 12:01am on July 4th you can't bring your bike on the train because of Fireworks crowds 18 hrs later!? I tried to get on the red line last night at nearly 10 pm and was told no. It goes the same with the daily ban, I rarely head South from 4-6 pm but can't board with my bike even though the Southbound train will be virtually empty. I guess they need to nap or help people load the ventra or tell tourists how to get downtown or to Wrigley field.
The hours and the brain dead enforcement is stupid, 12:01am on July 4th you can't bring your bike on the train because of Fireworks crowds 18 hrs later!? I tried to get on the red line last night at nearly 10 pm and was told no. It goes the same with the daily ban, I rarely head South from 4-6 pm but can't board with my bike even though the Southbound train will be virtually empty. I guess they need to nap or help people load the ventra or tell tourists how to get downtown or to Wrigley field. They also banned bikes when t…tag:thechainlink.org,2015-06-28:2211490:Comment:9240352015-06-28T20:34:08.079ZJerry Leehttps://thechainlink.org/profile/JerryLee
<p>They also banned bikes when the Hawks parade was happening. No warning, like the pride parade, where there bulletins on the buses all week. I was at Jefferson Park taking the Blue line toward Rosemont, and told bikes are banned today. Lucky I knew of alternate routes with buses or I would have to ride the remaining 10 miles(no problem) to work.</p>
<p>They also banned bikes when the Hawks parade was happening. No warning, like the pride parade, where there bulletins on the buses all week. I was at Jefferson Park taking the Blue line toward Rosemont, and told bikes are banned today. Lucky I knew of alternate routes with buses or I would have to ride the remaining 10 miles(no problem) to work.</p>