Mitch wrote:Don't forget that other monster airport:ORD. Becomes a north side/south side thing, like Cubs & White Sox.MetraRy wrote:i think the whole idea is stupid. the cta should be focusing on residents of chicago durning the funding crisis, not out of state travelers. get the system working good for residents first. afterall we are the ones who pay for it!Don't you think residents of Chicago fly out of Midway?
Also depends on destination. AFAIK Midway is not an international airport (flights to Canada-Mexico don't count).
AFAIK there are no immigration facilities at Midway.
I was told 10 years ago the growth was supposed to be with international travel. That is what the new 3rd Peotone airport + freight (UPS-FedEx) was supposed to fix.
I doubt if United, American, are going to depart O'Hare any time soon.
The best way to link O'Hare with Midway may be to build some sort of north-south crosstown route near cicero or some other route. I see no need to route air passengers downtown.
As for access to the downtown State Street subway from the EL tracks, I don't know if a double cross would need to be built to connect the 4 sets of tracks.
Glenn Woodle