Metra Bike Blackout Friday

The Tribune is reporting that Metra will be banning bikes on Friday due to the Blackhawks parade.

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on June 26, 2013 at 9:10pm

Metra is smart for banning alcohol since there will be enough people already pretty sauced getting on their trains. I believe they can deny a highly intoxicated passenger from boarding a train anytime anyway.

I've seen them deny boarding to someone who is already blotto, and I've seen them take people off if they're getting into fights or otherwise disturbing other passengers too much.

The bike ban is silly in the way it's being implemented. They should be excluded only from trains that will be filled to capacity due to the parade.

Yep, they went a bit overboard on this. I suspect they did it because it's simpler for them. No thought of how it affects us.

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on June 26, 2013 at 9:10pm

You can't reach (or amuse) everyone. ;)

Serge Lubomudrov said:

No sense of humor here . . . Alas . . .

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Tank-Ridin' Ryan on June 26, 2013 at 11:44pm

Can we get an intelligent response here.

Adam Herstein (5.5 mi) said:

Fuck Metra.

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by daWillinChi on June 27, 2013 at 8:18am

Blame it on the Jamaican!

They started with with having a bobsled team.

Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, gear on up, its bobsled time!

Wicked, mon!

Serge Lubomudrov said:

Since artificial ice . . . Why would Miami have hockey team? Miami?!

peter moormann said:

Since when is hockey a summer sport?

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by igz on June 27, 2013 at 11:04am

i wrote Metra a fairly lengthy, and rational email about tomorrow and their blanket blackout policy in general.

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on June 27, 2013 at 11:08am

Jamaican me crazy, mon! ;)

J.A.W. said:

Blame it on the Jamaican!

They started with with having a bobsled team.

Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, gear on up, its bobsled time!

Wicked, mon!

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on June 27, 2013 at 11:08am

Thank you!

igz said:

i wrote Metra a fairly lengthy, and rational email about tomorrow and their blanket blackout policy in general.

▶ Reply

Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on June 27, 2013 at 11:35am

Let me preempt this by saying I do appreciate the fact that we are allowed to put bicycles on the train at all. There was a time not so long ago that that wasn't the case. Thank you to CBF (now ATA), LIB, and I'm sure a lot more people I can't think of or know of) for helping lobby that original "no bicycle" policy metra used to have.

That being said, I am praying for the day that people with bicycles aren't considered "second class paying citizens" to Metra and the following happens:

1) we will be able to bring our bicycles on the train at any time of the day or night.

2) we won't get kicked off when the train is too packed

3) there will be no blackout dates

4) we will have our own bike cars like in Cali (not necessary as long as the above become policy)

I LOVEEEEEEE metra now, and would love it more if/when the above happens.