Give me one reason why the Chicago-Milwaukee corridor shouldn't

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Amtrak doesn't own the tracks.

Who wants to go to Milwaukee?

>>1022619
>Who wants to go to Milwaukee?
Anybody that wants to leave Chicago.

>>1022598
As that guy who keeps shilling for Seattle to San Diego highspeed rail; I'm going to say there isn't a reason.

>>1022598
Hiawatha steamers were the ugliest machines on the tracks.. Milwaukee Road was so ghetto they streamlined an Atlantic loco.

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It literally used to.

>>1022598
It's a waste of money. Companies do things because it makes economical sense. Do you really have enough people going to Milwaukee and Chicago and back again to justify a train every 30 minutes?

>>1022669
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>1022598

>Scott Walker

>>1022669
So comfy. This would make me want to live in that cold flyover state

>>1022986
Not an argument.

>>1022598
For a line with such a low frequency you don't need electrification

>>1022628
To go to a city that is worse off?

I see you posting, Milwaukee Road autist

>>1026772
>For a line with such a low frequency you don't need electrification
The frequency is shit because the ridership isn't there, but the ridership isn't there because the frequency is shit. (Also, the experience and speed aren't great.)

There's a chicken-and-egg situation, so fixing things will require a little faith.

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>>1028643
Electrify the UP/North Line first.

>>1028643
what is the current daily ridership number on the route if you add train, bus, plane, cardriver, and ferry passengers together? and what is the break down?

>>1028666
Agreed. Since we're dreaming, why the hell doesn't Metra work like a proper S-Bahn at this point and have been fully electrified?

>>1028793
>ferry passengers
Is this a significant factor at all? I know there's lots of road traffic between Chicago and Milwaukee (I've been stuck in it a couple of times) but I can't think why anyone would use a boat for that unless they were extremely fond of lake cruising. Those folks will probably continue to do just that, and we already know they're not in a hurry. They can be discounted.

Now some people (worldwide) do use ferries for commuting and business travel, but only where it makes sense. Along one side of a lake? Nope.

>>1029586
I did have heard that there are almost no regular ferry service in the Great Lakes area, but I am not too sure about the current situation down the ground in the region so I just put it down anyway.
But why it's a bad idea to use ferry alongside a lake?

>>1029660
It's slow as fuck.

>>1029671
get high speed ferries with speed of 40-50kt.

>>1029671
Google map say both driving/train take 1.5 hours. At 50kt, the journey time should be the same but you can get your car from one city to the other without having to drive between.

>>1026766
Yes an argument.

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Give me one reason why the Chicago-Tacoma corridor shouldn't have electric trains leaving every 30 minutes all day.

>>1032469
Where's Tacoma?

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>>1032504
Washington state, on the Pacific coast.

>>1032469
Because it a fuck huge span between both termini also Seattle has more people.

>>1032469

Well, that's now a work-in-progress for Seattle-Tacoma corridor at least.

>>1022598
Public transit increases crime, Chicago (and surrounding areas) don't need any more crime.

>>1034029
This is a stale Republicuck meme.

>>1034041
... It is a statistically significant correlation.

>>1034144
Correlation =/= Causation.

You don't want to pay the taxes to support public transit (you're likely either a richfag or an auto/petroshill), so you invented a meme that "Soul Trains" are going to shuttle hoards of shucking and jiving Congoloids into the lily-white neighborhoods of scared rich people to rape and kill everything in sight.

Luckily, here in Chicago we've had our railroads for 150 years and therefore know how much bullshit your meme is. Even the richest, Reddest suburbs love Metra.

>>1034208
>Correlation =/= Causation.
I know, that's why I said correlation...

>You don't want to pay the taxes to support public transit
That is indeed part of it.
Theft is theft.

>Luckily, here in Chicago we've had our railroads for 150 years and therefore know how much bullshit your meme is.
Ah yes, Chicago. The paragon of low-crime cities...

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>>1034029
>>1034144
>>1034255
you abject retard

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>>1032469
>>1032504
>>1032563
>>1033941
>tfw people know about my hometown

>>1034208
really enjoyed this post

>>1034273
But if those maps are in terms of per capita, then it wouldn't be so silly, would it?

>>1022598
>going to milwaukee

>>1026778
>Wanting to live in Illinoying

>>1028666
That's a lot of commuter rail for an american city

Pretty cool

>>1028643
The frequency is shit because the work centers in the corridor are not near the stations. The most valuable function of this line is to go from your house to the Chicago CBD. The municipalities that have the houses did not want new work centers near their CBD's for cost and racial reasons and forced them out along the interstate cuz good people drive cars.

>>1028954
Why doesn't Metra have a schedule that lets you transfer through the downtown stations in a reasonable period of time.

>>1034777
Chicago is the U.S. rail capital.

>>1034815
no connecting rail from Peoria, Illinois biggest downstate city. Feels bad, man.

>>1034818
Who used to run Chicago-Peoria?

>>1034830
I don't know. I have to drive 30 miles to the nearest Amtrak station if I want to take the train to Chicago.