Metra Bike Blackout Friday
The Tribune is reporting that Metra will be banning bikes on Friday due to the Blackhawks parade.
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Permalink Reply by Bez on
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If they are going to add bike cars (and they really should), it should be the one right by the locomotive. It's easier to tell passengers in the last car (that would be off the platform) that they need to move forward one car to exit than to try to deal with getting bikes off because the car is off the platform.
Frankly, they Metra blackout on bikes during rush and any date they feel like drives me nuts. They need to figure that out. As it stands now, if I want to ride in the city, I put my bike on the back of my car and guilt my way to my buddy's house to park.
It's been a long time, but I was once kicked off in the middle of a ride out to Geneva (to visit my grandparents in Batavia) because the conductor felt that the half empty car was too full to have a bike in it. I ended up in tiny little town along the route. I was so irritated that I called my uncle to come get me with his pickup. This was, of course, after they implemented the bikes allowed on trains rules.
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Permalink Reply by igz on
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with the reverse commute issue, I wish I mentioned, in regards to the Milwaukee west line, there are about three maybe four empty and closed off train cars...
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Permalink Reply by JustWill on
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If you are the same conductors, maybe you can ask about tomorrow's restrictions.
I do think that the worse parts would be in the morning coming in and early afternoon going out.
Reverse commutersay have a problem in the morning, but they may let you slide in the afternoon.
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Permalink Reply by Peter G. on
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I'd suggest that Metra fire its management team, but at $740k a pop, that could add up quickly.
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Permalink Reply by Noah Weiss 1.2 km on
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And now CTA has blacked out bikes on Friday (Blackhawks parade) and Sunday (Pride Parade) for the whole day. Grr... I was planning on carrying my bike on the train on Sunday...
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Permalink Reply by Jared on
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Well you can use Metra...
Noah Weiss 1.2 km said:And now CTA has blacked out bikes on Friday (Blackhawks parade) and Sunday (Pride Parade) for the whole day. Grr... I was planning on carrying my bike on the train on Sunday...
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Permalink Reply by Steve Weeks on
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Although this is not a completely satisfactory solution, folding bikes (bagged) are permitted at all times.
Steve
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The Blackhawks are the Lacrosse team right? We had to talk are way into the Bike Center this morning to get our shower -- the guard said we should have seen it on the News. "Hey, I don't own a t.v.". The SE stairtower @ LSD and the river was locked this morning. Is that related? Had to backtrack and take the long way to the riverwalk detour. Why don't they just shutdown the whole loop?
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The Blackhawks are the Lacrosse team right? We had to talk our way into the Bike Center this morning to get our shower -- the guard said we should have seen it on the News. "Hey, I don't own a t.v.". The SE stairtower @ LSD and the river was locked this morning. Is that related? Had to backtrack and take the long way to the riverwalk detour. Why don't they just shutdown the whole loop?
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