One of the platforms of the Mayfair station on Metra's Milwaukee District North line. While I disagree with the railroad's scheduling and service choices, in some ways I can understand the reluctance to make changes that Metra's managers believe might compromise service for its traditional ridership. Nonetheless, Metra’s operational paradigm is still squarely focused on providing service to 9-to-5 downtown workers, with service heavily concentrated during rush hours. Indeed, Metra's recovery has been much stronger during off-peak times and on weekends on many of its lines. Metra’s Covid-19-induced ridership decline and slow recovery threaten the medium- and longterm fiscal viability of the agency, and in response, Metra has claimed it's interested in attracting riders beyond its traditional constituency. Burnett added. "There are some things they can't share because it's still in the development phase, but it is happening.For many years, transit advocates have tirelessly pushed Chicagoland's Metra commuter railroad to better serve riders outside of its traditional base of suburbanites commuting to jobs in the Loop. "I can't say when it's going to happen, but it's being worked on as we talk," Ald. But despite the project having the support of some deep-pocketed developers, it's still too early to speculate as to when a West Loop Metra station might land financing, break ground, or actually open to commuters. The station would also create new transit-served opportunities for even more real estate development in the area. Carroll, a pair of massive high-rises straddling Carroll between May and Aberdeen, and whatever Sterling Bay eventually decides to do with the site of the former Archer Daniels Midland silos at 1300 W. Aberdeen, a 14-story office project at 1200 W. Elizabeth proposal, the surrounding area has several major developments in the works including the topped-off 16-story Fulton Labs project at 400 N. Carroll (right), and Fulton Labs (upper right). The proposed Metra stop would be located in the lower-left corner of this rendering, between the tracks and west of Odgen. The northwest corner of Fulton Market-where the new station is proposed-has already welcomed a slew of new office buildings and has seen a flood of upcoming apartment projects after Burnett reversed his ban on residential development north of Lake Street earlier this year. "Several developers in the community actually want to contribute to the station because they feel that it would help a lot of the businesses in the community." "We have to find out where funding is going to come from, and we're working in coordination with the state and Metra in order to do this," Burnett told residents Tuesday. The planning document, however, recognizes that construction on the new station will be dependant on securing the necessary funding as well as Metra updating its 1930s-era A-2 switching station, which creates a bottleneck within the current rail system. The city's recently amended Fulton Market Innovation District Plan also identified the need for a West Loop Metra infill stop. "They found that this would be the best area to do it." "We've allowed the Planning Department to use TIF money to do the Metra station study," Burnett said. (27th) confirmed that early planning for the new station was underway. Elizabeth to include this pedestrian greenway along Kinzie to connect to Ogden and the future Metra stop planned across the street.
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