The city is seeking a total of $2.2 billion from the feds, but it's unclear when any further federal funding might come through.
"The CTA is embarking on something that's really going to test their fundraising abilities, but I do think now we have the wind at our back getting this thing going. It is going to be a real milestone to have this funding really accelerate construction," DePaul University transportation expert Joe Schwiterman said.
Schweiterman said, worst case, the CTA can start the project without all the funding in place while lobbying for additional money down the road."I'm gonna take this bus to the Red Line, then I'm going to get on the Red Line, then I'm gonna get off the Red Line, then I'm gonna get on another bus. So that's a lot ," commuter Maquecia Martin said as she boarded a Michigan Avenue bus at 111th Street for the first leg of her journey after work.
She said it takes her 3 to 4 hours total each day to commute to her home care job; shifts that last 5 hours. A Red Line extension would be invaluable, with four new proposed stops on the Far South Side: 103rd Street and 111th Street near Eggleston Avenue, Michigan Avenue near 116th Street, and 130th Street near the Bishop Ford Freeway, just north of Altgeld Gardens.CTA
The CTA has estimated the project could reduce public transit commute times significantly for the Far South Side. According to the CTA, a trip from 130th Street to 95th Street would take 12 minutes, with a trip from 130th Street to the Loop taking approximately 40 minutes. That would be 30 minutes faster than taking a bus trip to 95th Street to get downtown, or about an hour faster roundtrip.
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