Happy Tax Day (although this year taxes aren’t due until Tuesday)! Every Sunday, I’m going to try to post a rundown of what’s ahead for next week in terms of Chicago-area transit, appropriately named Week Ahead In Transit (WAIT). Here’s what’s coming up this week.
On the ‘L’
- Red Line trains may be single-tracked between Grand and Cermak-Chinatown overnight.
- Blue Line trains may be single-tracked between Clark/Lake and Damen.
- Northbound Brown Line trains may use the Red Line tracks at Belmont late night.
On CTA buses
- A handful of minor reroutes, but nothing too major.
- The new South Terminal at 95th/Dan Ryan is now open.
On Pace
- Some minor reroutes and stop relocations are occurring, but nothing too major.
- Pace and IDOT are hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony for bus-on-shoulder operation on the Edens at 10am on Monday. Routes 620 and 626 are now allowed to use the right shoulder of the Edens between Foster Avenue and Skokie Highway.
On Metra
- Today (April 15) is the final day of the comment period for the upcoming BNSF schedule changes. I whined about it on Diverging Approach last week. Email your comments to Metra at BNSFservice2018@metrarr.com.
- Metra’s April board meeting is at 10:30am this Wednesday. You can livestream the meeting here.
