In Tinley Park, the study identified 19 acres within a quarter-mile of the 80th Avenue Metra station designated for commuter parking.
metraRI wrote:I personally don't think the parking land would be better used for housing, maybe commercial business to commuters coming home which is what Orland Park is doing at 143rd Street. If you look at BNSF, the majority of stations stop in a suburban downtown, one thing that southern lines do not have.
Tadman wrote:I have my own idea, however - where you have parking farms, build a deck over the parking farm and build houses on top of that deck. Kind of like the way they built a park over Randolph Street.
Tadman wrote:From what I understand, real estate values go way up when a suburban house in Chicago is within easy walking distance of the train. It is really nice to be able to walk to your morning ride into town. I did it with the L, anywhere from 1 block to 3/4 mile (that was a stretch), and I do it now with the St. Charles streetcar.
The other option is driving 20 minutes and then spending another 10-15 finding a spot, which is no fun. Add that to a 30-60 minute ride in and that makes for one long day.
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