New CTA Washington/Wabash Station Gets Raves on Debut Weekend
The Chicago Transit Authority’s new Washington/Wabash L Station racked up oodles of likes, plus one’s, and shares over its inaugural weekend. And that was in real life. Social media folk liked it, too. In its first few hours of operation, reactions from the crowds of travelers eager to get a whiff of that new train station smell ranged from a star-struck “Oh, shiny!” to a fully suburban “Awesome!”...
Key Loop Intersection Shuts Down For Ten Weeks… Starting Now
We don’t normally write about traffic in this blog, preferring to leave that up to morning news redheads in helicopters. But what just happened on Wabash Avenue deserves a special mention. That’s because it’s part of the construction of the new $75 million CTA Washington/Wabash Station. CDOT has just closed Wabash Avenue between Madison and Monroe Streets for ten weeks. That’s until almost the end of...
Sleek CTA Train Station Coming to the Loop
Construction is expected to start in the next few months on Chicago’s newest L station: Washington and Wabash. The start of work was delayed a year while work was completed on an environmental impact statement. That statement was presented to the public at the end of February, and can also be seen here. The public comment period on the project closed at the end of last week. The Chicago Transit Authority explains that, “the...
CTA To Build New Loop Station, Shutter Two Others
As the Chicago Transit Authority continues trying to cram more and more trains into the Loop’s elevated rail loop, new bottlenecks are emerging. At the same time, some of the CTA’s infrastructure is in a desperate state of repair. So, what’s being proposed on Wabash Avenue will kill two pigeons with one stone. The CTA is going to close its Randolph and Wabash station along with its Madison and Wabash...
