Gray Line Proposal Progress

April 2002 | Gray Line included in
CATS Shared Path 2030 Program:

The Gray Line proposal has been accepted by CATS (the Chicago Area Transportation Study) for review and consideration through it's Shared Path 2030 program. $100 million in funding was requested to implement the plan. It has been assigned RTP Proposal ID # 01-02-9003, and it will be reviewed and analyzed by CATS, along with all the other transportation proposals submitted to the Shared Path 2030 program, leading to CATS RTP Recommendations in fall of 2003.

April 2003 | CATS unveils it's Draft
2030 RTP Recommendations:

During April and May of 2003, CATS televised it's Draft Shared Path 2030 RTP Recommendations, and hosted Shared Path 2030 meetings for public comment and input, throughout Chicago and the suburbs. Subsequent CATS recommendations on each project will be based on input from the public following these meetings.

May 2003 | CTAQC scores CATS
Shared Path 2030 projects:

CTAQC (the Chicagoland Transportation and Air Quality Commission, part of the Center for Neighborhood Technology) in May released it's preliminary ratings of projects submitted to CATS Shared Path 2030. The projects were judged on various criteria of environmental impact, and economic factors and benefits. With a score of 78 cumulative points - the Gray Line proposal earned First Place by providing much in terms of congestion mitigation and air quality, little in terms of environmental impacts, and benefiting the largest number of people for the least cost. Also included in the CTAQC study was NIPC's (the Northeast Illinois Planning Commission) separate study of the submitted Shared Path 2030 projects, in which the Gray Line proposal was one of only 13 (out of 200+ submitted projects) which provided NO discernable negative environmental impacts.

Fall 2003 | CATS releases it's Draft RTP for public comment, places Gray Line for quick funding:

In July of 2003, CATS released it's preliminary Shared Path 2030 Draft RTP for public comment during the month of August, comment period closed on September 2. The Gray Line proposal (CATS RTP ID # 01-02-9003) was included in the Draft RTP as "Improvements to Metra Electric aka Gray Line". In September of 2003, CATS placed the Gray Line proposal (as "Metra Electric service upgrades") in the Draft RTP's second, or "system" (for quick funding turnaround) tier, in it's ranking of submitted Shared Path 2030 projects. The text and detailed information are available on the Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference's Transit Information Links:

Use the links here to access Gray Line information:

CONTACT YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, CTA, AND METRA, TO EXPRESS YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE GRAY LINE.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Contact the Gray Line
Rapid Transit System at:

E-mail Address: glrts@webtv.net U.S. Post Office: Gray Line Rapid Transit System P.O. Box 64614 Chicago, IL 60664-0614 Voicemail (Leave Message): (773) 874-3541

Please attend our weekly Gray Line Coalition Meetings in Hyde Park. Use the Gray Line Coalition Link below for Meeting Location information, and to join our Coalition:

I, MIKE PAYNE, am THE SOLE CREATOR of THE "CTA GRAY LINE "L" ROUTE PROPOSAL" (CATS 2030 RTP PROPOSAL ID # 01-02-9003). I SEEK NO COPYRIGHT, PATENT, or COMPENSATION for THE "GRAY LINE" PROPOSAL, and INTENTIONALLY and with FULL KNOWLEDGE - PLACE IT in THE PUBLIC DOMAIN for THE FREE USE of ANY and ALL INVOLVED AGENCIES. HOWEVER - AS THE SOLE CREATOR of THE "GRAY LINE" PROPOSAL, I HEREBY IMPLICITLY RESERVE and CONFIRM - THE RIGHT to BE CONTRACTED as A PRIMARY "GRAY LINE" PROPOSAL "PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION CONSULTANT" - (TO BE COMPENSATED at a FAIR MARKET RATE for SUCH and SIMILAR WORK by other TRANSIT CONSULTING ENTITIES) - should THE "GRAY LINE" PROPOSAL be SELECTED or CHOSEN to BE IMPLEMENTED by ANY and ALL such INVOLVED AGENCIES). AS THE SOLE CREATOR of THE "GRAY LINE" PROPOSAL, I am THE SOLE and ONLY ENTITY that COULD INSURE, that THE "GRAY LINE" PROPOSAL - would BE IMPLEMENTED and REALIZED to it's BEST POSSIBLE USE, and FULFILLING it's UNDERUTILIZED POTENTIAL. Mike Payne | 5 / 18 / 2004

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