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Started by ET21, October 09, 2013, 12:29:36 PM

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dzlsabe

#200
Quote from: hobsini2 on January 14, 2017, 09:06:10 AM
And you still don't get after I laid out what it takes to put in a 6 (3 each way) lane interstate for ROW that it is going to be thousands of home and businesses affected. Your estimate was so low in a very densely populated area that it is laughable.


I still count a hundred. Thirty or so in the city, maybe seventy north of the Sanship river. Even IF it were two? Where or what sat photos are you looking at that the number of houses/businesses would ever get to "thousands"? Many thousand trees (which would be replaced), for sure.

Just grade-separating the CNRR at Harlem and Cermak/1st Av initially is probably more of a priority.


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As much as Id like to see an EB enter/WB exit at Mannheim, its just too hectic. This, just down Roosevelt is better.
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EB enter/WB exit at 1st Av
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Where to configure an EB enter/WB exit at Harlem in North Riverside?
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As far as what SHOULD be done to the IKE immediately...

Get the right shoulders up to lanes, build new shoulders/breakdown lanes in the numerous places they can be. Its going to have to be done anyway.

If we are talking tolled lanes on the Ike (big pia), why not just build a NEW tollway bypassing the IKE? Also including tolled lanes on XIke.
ILs mantra..the beatings will continue until the morale improves but Expect Delays is good too. Seems some are happy that Chicago/land remains miserable. Status quo is often asinine...Always feel free to use a dictionary as I tend to offend younger or more sensitive viewers. Thanx Pythagoras. :rofl:


Henry

There goes Mr. Hypotenuse running his mouth again...I don't see any possible way that they could widen I-290 beyond its configuration, and it looks as crowded as it is. I-90 is more than adequate running out of the northwestern suburbs.
Go Cubs Go! Go Cubs Go! Hey Chicago, what do you say? The Cubs are gonna win today!

dzlsabe

#202
Quote from: Henry on January 24, 2017, 10:07:37 AM
There goes Mr. Hypotenuse running his mouth again...I don't see any possible way that they could widen I-290 beyond its configuration, and it looks as crowded as it is. I-90 is more than adequate running out of the northwestern suburbs.

"I don't see any possible way that they could widen I-290 beyond its configuration, and it looks as crowded as it is. I-90 is more than adequate running out of the northwestern suburbs."

And I agree completely. So WHY do it? Cookco needs TWO complete tollways.

Hence the call to connect the dots at the Strangler and the Skyway and bypass the Ike, putting a tollway where one needs to be put. Its hard to find a RR ROW that does not have a parallel road. This would be one, through a critical place in the regions, even Americas road/RR infrastructure. If not now, when? Another twenty, fifty years from now?

What IS "C11 OTHER"?.
ILs mantra..the beatings will continue until the morale improves but Expect Delays is good too. Seems some are happy that Chicago/land remains miserable. Status quo is often asinine...Always feel free to use a dictionary as I tend to offend younger or more sensitive viewers. Thanx Pythagoras. :rofl:

hobsini2

The call? You are the only one calling for it.
I knew it. I'm surrounded by assholes. Keep firing, assholes! - Dark Helmet (Spaceballs)

ILRoad55

Well it's called deal with it, don't try a build another highway that doesn't even take you into downtown just to be a bypass around the Eisenhower.

And why worry about C11 anyways.

dzlsabe

#205
Why? Cuz spending 2-3$B to cram two tolled lanes (the current preferred alternative is HOT 3+, with an estimated 56% :confused: time savings in those 2 lanes and a measly 25% improvement in the 6 free lanes) into Congress Ike is a pretty big slab of salami to throw at the wall to see if it sticks. After going to the recent IDOT meetings and talking to some of the engineers/consultants, I get the feeling they are not completely confident this will solve the "problem" either. How the H is that going to get configured between Mannheim and the Strangler? :wow: My crystal ball says not well and ask again later.

"WE'RE NOT GOING TO WIPE OUT CONGESTION AS WE KNOW IT ON THE EISENHOWER, but we're going to provide a RELIABLE trip," Pete Harmet (IDOT) said.

Well, Im looking for a lot more bang for the $Bs. Why NOT wipe out congestion on the Ike (and some on 90/94) as we know it? A plan for "C11 Other" in the following EIS has been submitted (yet again).

http://eisenhowerexpressway.com/pdfs/i290%20alternatives%20evaluation%20summary2013apr02.pdf



A priority should be getting these trucks (and a bunch of cars) OFF this road, heading more directly to where they are going. IKE widening will not accomplish that...



Jumping the Strangler, building a/the missing link in Americas longest tollway (giving another way for places as far flung as WI & MN another way to get around the lake and head east), accessing downtown from the south (via I-55) as well, bypassing the Congress Ike completely, and getting tons of mostly truck traffic headed to the numerous rail and truck terminals around I-55 off the Ike and arterials Cicero, Pulaski, Harlem, 1st, Roosevelt, Cermak, etal, grade separating one of the original RRs here, would be a major accomplishment to get things moving all over the area.

Keep Congress Ike free. Its just not worth the hoops that will have to be jumped through to accommodate two HOV lanes.
ILs mantra..the beatings will continue until the morale improves but Expect Delays is good too. Seems some are happy that Chicago/land remains miserable. Status quo is often asinine...Always feel free to use a dictionary as I tend to offend younger or more sensitive viewers. Thanx Pythagoras. :rofl:

GeekJedi

Quote from: dzlsabe on January 27, 2017, 01:42:04 PM
building a/the missing link

Stop. The only "missing link" is a fictional highway.
"Wisconsin - The Concurrency State!"

dzlsabe

#207
Quote from: GeekJedi on January 31, 2017, 12:41:15 PM
Quote from: dzlsabe on January 27, 2017, 01:42:04 PM
building a/the missing link

Stop. The only "missing link" is a fictional highway.
Actually, it has moved up a notch to a formal submission for "C11 Other".

Dont you have some more inspirational WI notes to post? Must be a slow news day up there in Wherethefami,WI..

Kind of the opposite of that fictional highway called "I-43" to Beloit.

Are there ANY WI "fictional highways"? I think they have ALL been built.
ILs mantra..the beatings will continue until the morale improves but Expect Delays is good too. Seems some are happy that Chicago/land remains miserable. Status quo is often asinine...Always feel free to use a dictionary as I tend to offend younger or more sensitive viewers. Thanx Pythagoras. :rofl:

tribar

Quote from: dzlsabe on January 31, 2017, 02:10:07 PM
Quote from: GeekJedi on January 31, 2017, 12:41:15 PM
Quote from: dzlsabe on January 27, 2017, 01:42:04 PM
building a/the missing link

Stop. The only "missing link" is a fictional highway.
Kinda the opposite of that fictional highway called "I-43" to Beloit.

Please STFU.

The Ghostbuster

I doubt even that will kill dzlsabe's Hypotenuse. It should have long ago gone to Fictional Highways.

GeekJedi

Quote from: dzlsabe on January 31, 2017, 02:10:07 PM
Quote from: GeekJedi on January 31, 2017, 12:41:15 PM
Quote from: dzlsabe on January 27, 2017, 01:42:04 PM
building a/the missing link

Stop. The only "missing link" is a fictional highway.
Kinda the opposite of that fictional highway called "I-43" to Beloit.

What does that even mean? Jesus, man. Take your meds.
"Wisconsin - The Concurrency State!"

ET21

Quote from: dzlsabe on January 31, 2017, 02:10:07 PM
Quote from: GeekJedi on January 31, 2017, 12:41:15 PM
Quote from: dzlsabe on January 27, 2017, 01:42:04 PM
building a/the missing link

Stop. The only "missing link" is a fictional highway.
Dont you have some more inspirational WI notes to post?

Kinda the opposite of that fictional highway called "I-43" to Beloit.

Can you please stay on topic dipshit?
The local weatherman, trust me I can be 99.9% right!
"Show where you're going, without forgetting where you're from"

Clinched:
IL: I-88, I-180, I-190, I-290, I-294, I-355, IL-390
IN: I-80, I-94
SD: I-190
WI: I-90, I-94
MI: I-94, I-196
MN: I-90

hobsini2

DZ, your idea that "cross country trucks" are the ones clogging up the Ike is not accurate.
1) Most cross country trucks that are going through town to somewhere else use the 290 Extension to the Tri-State or the Tri-State itself.
2) Those other cross country trucks are using the Ike because, OH MY GODT, their destination is along the Ike corridor.
3) Only the idiots who can't read a fucking map would use the Ike to go from say Rockford to South Bend and beyond.

So your whole premise for the need of your Hypo vs what the state has proposed is wrong and loony.
I knew it. I'm surrounded by assholes. Keep firing, assholes! - Dark Helmet (Spaceballs)

Brandon

^^Exactly.  Trucks don't clog up the Ike, they're mostly on the Stevenson, heading to/from the intermodal yards near Joliet.
"If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention." - Ramsay Bolton

"Symbolic of his struggle against reality." - Reg

dzlsabe

#214
Quote from: hobsini2 on February 01, 2017, 08:19:29 PM
DZ, your idea that "cross country trucks" are the ones clogging up the Ike is not accurate.
1) Most cross country trucks that are going through town to somewhere else use the 290 Extension to the Tri-State or the Tri-State itself.
2) Those other cross country trucks are using the Ike because, OH MY GODT, their destination is along the Ike corridor.
3) Only the idiots who can't read a fucking map would use the Ike to go from say Rockford to South Bend and beyond.

So your whole premise for the need of your Hypo vs what the state has proposed is wrong and loony.

1)I NEVER said cross country trucks are using the IKE. Some may be. I would figure most are going to/fro rail/truck terminals within five miles of Cicero for local or interstate trips.
2) Doubt there is many along an IKE corridor as per 1).
3) Not sure who you are talking about, but by idiots, I would guess you mean that it is IDOT, ISHTA and RRs, etal that can not see the "problem" from SPACE. And as IDOT has stated, HOVing (for $3B and eight? years) the IKE WILL NOT solve the "problem".

We have plenty of WI residents spouting here. What would WI do? They have built every "fictional" highway for their 6M pop state. They can go every which way but EAST.

@Brandon-CMAP estimates 1/6 of the traffic on the IKE is trucks headed NOT to Fing Joliet.

$3B would go a long way to completing a 16 mile tollway link in a thousand mile tollway...with non-IDOT funding.

Happy to be the "fly in this ointment". HOV Ike may be dummer than Illiana.
ILs mantra..the beatings will continue until the morale improves but Expect Delays is good too. Seems some are happy that Chicago/land remains miserable. Status quo is often asinine...Always feel free to use a dictionary as I tend to offend younger or more sensitive viewers. Thanx Pythagoras. :rofl:

Brandon

Yes, DZ, your Hypo is dumber than anything actually.
"If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention." - Ramsay Bolton

"Symbolic of his struggle against reality." - Reg

GeekJedi

Anyone ever notice how he goes back and edits his posts days later? It's like his meds finally kick in and he realizes that he posted some really stupid stuff, so he cleans it up. Then they wear off, and he comes back and writes things that get progressively crazier.

It's kind of fun watching him top his own crazy crap with even crazier crap! :-D
"Wisconsin - The Concurrency State!"

tribar

Quote from: GeekJedi on February 02, 2017, 11:39:21 AM
Anyone ever notice how he goes back and edits his posts days later? It's like his meds finally kick in and he realizes that he posted some really stupid stuff, so he cleans it up. Then they wear off, and he comes back and writes things that get progressively crazier.

It's kind of fun watching him top his own crazy crap with even crazier crap! :-D

I'm curious if he actually believes this is a good idea or if he's just trolling.

GeekJedi

Quote from: tribar on February 02, 2017, 11:45:06 AM
Quote from: GeekJedi on February 02, 2017, 11:39:21 AM
Anyone ever notice how he goes back and edits his posts days later? It's like his meds finally kick in and he realizes that he posted some really stupid stuff, so he cleans it up. Then they wear off, and he comes back and writes things that get progressively crazier.

It's kind of fun watching him top his own crazy crap with even crazier crap! :-D

I'm curious if he actually believes this is a good idea or if he's just trolling.

I don't think he's clever enough to troll. Some other social issues? Perhaps.
"Wisconsin - The Concurrency State!"

dcharlie


ET21

Quote from: dcharlie on February 02, 2017, 02:20:17 PM
Please don't feed the troll!   :-D

We try, he then decides to resurrect the thread months later with the same crap.
The local weatherman, trust me I can be 99.9% right!
"Show where you're going, without forgetting where you're from"

Clinched:
IL: I-88, I-180, I-190, I-290, I-294, I-355, IL-390
IN: I-80, I-94
SD: I-190
WI: I-90, I-94
MI: I-94, I-196
MN: I-90

hobsini2

DZ, don't lie. You edited it out 3 hours after my last post.

*Last Edit: February 01, 2017, 23:02:34 by dzlsabe*

You did say Cross Country Trucks.
At least if you didn't mean that, own up to it being a mistake. By editing and then saying you never said that, you lose what little credibility you had.
Quote from: dzlsabe on January 31, 2017, 02:10:07 PM
Quote from: GeekJedi on January 31, 2017, 12:41:15 PM
Quote from: dzlsabe on January 27, 2017, 01:42:04 PM
building a/the missing link

Stop. The only "missing link" is a fictional highway.
Actually, it has moved up a notch to a formal submission for "C11 Other".

Dont you have some more inspirational WI notes to post? Must be a slow news day up there in Wherethefami,WI..

Kind of the opposite of that fictional highway called "I-43" to Beloit.

Are there ANY WI "fictional highways"? I think they have ALL been built.
I knew it. I'm surrounded by assholes. Keep firing, assholes! - Dark Helmet (Spaceballs)

hobsini2

Quote from: dzlsabe on February 01, 2017, 10:59:12 PM
Quote from: hobsini2 on February 01, 2017, 08:19:29 PM
DZ, your idea that "cross country trucks" are the ones clogging up the Ike is not accurate.
1) Most cross country trucks that are going through town to somewhere else use the 290 Extension to the Tri-State or the Tri-State itself.
2) Those other cross country trucks are using the Ike because, OH MY GODT, their destination is along the Ike corridor.
3) Only the idiots who can't read a fucking map would use the Ike to go from say Rockford to South Bend and beyond.

So your whole premise for the need of your Hypo vs what the state has proposed is wrong and loony.

1)I NEVER said cross country trucks are using the IKE. Some may be. I would figure most are going to/fro rail/truck terminals within five miles of Cicero for local or interstate trips.
2) Doubt there is many along an IKE corridor as per 1).
3) Not sure who you are talking about, but by idiots, I would guess you mean that it is IDOT, ISHTA and RRs, etal that can not see the "problem" from SPACE. And as IDOT has stated, HOVing (for $3B and eight? years) the IKE WILL NOT solve the "problem".

We have plenty of WI residents spouting here. What would WI do? They have built every "fictional" highway for their 6M pop state. They can go every which way but EAST.

@Brandon-CMAP estimates 1/6 of the traffic on the IKE is trucks headed NOT to Fing Joliet.

$3B would go a long way to completing a 16 mile tollway link in a thousand mile tollway...with non-IDOT funding.

Happy to be the "fly in this ointment". HOV Ike may be dummer than Illiana.

The idiots, beside yourself, that I was referring to are the cross country truckers who are driving thru that would use the Ike instead of 294 or 80.

You aren't a fly in the ointment. You're just a self righteous Orwellian radiator who can't figure out context in statements as demonstrated by your question of who the idiots are. But that's not why you called.
I knew it. I'm surrounded by assholes. Keep firing, assholes! - Dark Helmet (Spaceballs)

hobsini2

Oh and BTW, the Wisconsin residents that are commenting here at least have demonstrated that they can understand how stupid you are.
I knew it. I'm surrounded by assholes. Keep firing, assholes! - Dark Helmet (Spaceballs)

dzlsabe

#224
What do I have to "lie" about exactly?

There are three NS roadways (94, 294, 355, even 39 if ya want a fourth) that dump into I-80 to go east. The only access to I-90 (Skyway/ITR etal) is the Kennedy/Ryan or going through Ike/Strangler, both of which are major CFs. Who wants to spend money on NW Tollway or Skyway/ITR when you HAVE to face that? We have tried bypassing, widening, rearranging road signs. And now we are planning to widen and HOV/toll the Ike in another desperate attempt to "fix the problem". Even IDOT admits it will not "wipe out congestion on the Ike as we know it".

I have been pretty steadfast in pointing out that only one thing will SOLVE the problem. A second complete tollway through Cookco. Its not local. Its GLOBAL. Getting the south (even west?) side/NWIN up to snuff is a win-win.
ILs mantra..the beatings will continue until the morale improves but Expect Delays is good too. Seems some are happy that Chicago/land remains miserable. Status quo is often asinine...Always feel free to use a dictionary as I tend to offend younger or more sensitive viewers. Thanx Pythagoras. :rofl:



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