From: stephen@sprunk.org

On 18-May-14 13:32, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> Stephen Sprunk  wrote:
>>> Metra's not doing shit. There's no money. Chicago Union Station
>>> Company is 100% Amtrak subsidiary, although transit grants have
>>> been used for certain improvements.
>>
>> Fine, it's not Metra's money that is changing the platforms.
>
> Try to pay attention to what I've actually written, rather than
> continuing with your assumptions. No one's changing the platforms.
> It's being discussed. There's no plan. There's no money.

There's no plan?  You might want to tell the folks who wrote the
"Chicago Union Station Master Plan", specifically the section in the
"First Stage Final Report" called "Widen Selected Metra Platforms":

http://www.unionstationmp.com/

I don't see any mention of funding for their plan, but that's typical
for US public projects: spend money on study after study rather than on
actually getting something done that will benefit the people footing the
bill.

S

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