{"id":964,"date":"2017-06-12T15:55:22","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T20:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.universaltaxidispatch.com\/blog\/?p=964"},"modified":"2017-06-12T15:55:26","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T20:55:26","slug":"cta-red-purple-lines-moving-forward-with-renovation-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.universaltaxidispatch.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/cta-red-purple-lines-moving-forward-with-renovation-project\/","title":{"rendered":"CTA Red, Purple Lines Moving Forward With Renovation Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The $2.1 billion renovation of the Red and Purple CTA train lines on the North Side is one step closer to breaking ground, as CTA officials asked firms to submit proposals for the massive project.<br \/>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/securepubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ads?gdfp_req=1&amp;correlator=3816116482918132&amp;output=json_html&amp;callback=googletag.impl.pubads.callbackProxy14&amp;impl=fif&amp;eid=21060384%2C108809080%2C108809103%2C21060002&amp;sc=1&amp;sfv=1-0-9&amp;iu=%2F7228%2Fchicago%2Flakeview-wrigleyville%2Fstory%2Fmeat-dive-bar-stu-zirin-halsted&amp;sz=300x600&amp;scp=columns%3D%26people%3Dstu-zirin%252Cjohn-dalton%26places%3Dminibar%252Cmeat%252Cdive-bar%26tags%3D%26topic%3Dfood-drink%26position%3Dundefined%26feature%3Dopenings-closings%26page_class%3Dstory%26page_category%3D%26environment%3D%26chicago_hood%3Dlakeview%252Cuptown%252Cwrigleyville%26chicago_prim%3Dlakeview&amp;eri=1&amp;cookie=ID%3D4729c9a7c71be0cf%3AT%3D1497286201%3AS%3DALNI_MYJRJeb9kTh2eRw4PaHbG7J-_mo7Q&amp;abxe=1&amp;lmt=1497300599&amp;dt=1497300745505&amp;frm=20&amp;biw=1301&amp;bih=592&amp;oid=3&amp;adx=887&amp;ady=14668&amp;adk=3066931669&amp;gut=v2&amp;ifi=14&amp;u_tz=-300&amp;u_his=3&amp;u_java=true&amp;u_h=731&amp;u_w=1301&amp;u_ah=693&amp;u_aw=1301&amp;u_cd=24&amp;u_nplug=2&amp;u_nmime=4&amp;u_sd=1.05&amp;flash=25.0.0&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dnainfo.com%2Fchicago%2F20170612%2Fuptown%2Fgirl-12-stabbed-beaten-death-uptown-during-domestic-dispute&amp;dssz=73&amp;icsg=141398573056&amp;mso=128&amp;vrg=121&amp;vrp=121&amp;ga_vid=1894836888.1497286186&amp;ga_sid=1497300606&amp;ga_hid=1746211725\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-body clearfix container news-story-page story-page visual chicago\">\n<div class=\"content-wrapper container original-content-type-story\">\n<div class=\"story-wrapper col-xs-12 our-col-sm-5 col-md-8 pull-left\" data-slideshow-zone=\"chicago\/uptown-andersonville\/slideshow\" data-override=\"\/chicago\/story\/uptown-andersonville\/uptown\/cta-red-purple-lines-moving-forward-with-renovation-project\" data-canonical-url=\"https:\/\/www.dnainfo.com\/chicago\/20170609\/uptown\/cta-red-purple-lines-moving-forward-with-renovation-project\" data-topic=\"politics,transportation\" data-hood=\"Uptown\" data-story-id=\"814871\" data-grouphood=\"Uptown &amp; Andersonville\" data-tags=\"belmont-bypass|red-purple-modernization|politics|transportation\" data-topics=\"Politics|Transportation\" data-chartbeat-sections=\"DNAinfo Chicago Uptown &amp; Andersonville,DNAinfo Chicago,DNAinfo Chicago Politics,DNAinfo Chicago Transportation\" data-author-list=\"Heather Cherone\" data-author=\"Heather Cherone\" data-nsq-prompt=\"{&quot;isEditorial&quot;:true,&quot;author&quot;:{&quot;first_name&quot;:&quot;Heather&quot;,&quot;last_name&quot;:&quot;Cherone&quot;},&quot;generic&quot;:{&quot;author&quot;:&quot;3fd0a43be767c75251d6e9e5c0928703&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.dnainfo.com\\\/chicago\\\/20170609\\\/uptown\\\/cta-red-purple-lines-moving-forward-with-renovation-project&quot;,&quot;nbhd&quot;:&quot;129639&quot;},&quot;payload&quot;:{&quot;author&quot;:&quot;3fd0a43be767c75251d6e9e5c0928703&quot;,&quot;external_id&quot;:&quot;814871&quot;,&quot;nbhd&quot;:&quot;129639&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;dnainfo&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;How often do you get stuck on the Red Line?&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.dnainfo.com\\\/chicago\\\/20170609\\\/uptown\\\/cta-red-purple-lines-moving-forward-with-renovation-project&quot;},&quot;test_mode&quot;:0,&quot;digest&quot;:&quot;5b324d3592fc78f6d1bc22251c5e9e9b519b4197d629496c3de606bcc2d5e2cf54666be5a1fb302c4396beb881acde932e8e5678931f75c71a60040cfb2939e1&quot;,&quot;dna_prompt_text&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-ad-data=\"{&quot;zone&quot;:&quot;chicago\/uptown-andersonville\/story\/cta-red-purple-lines-moving-forward-with-renovation-project&quot;,&quot;sales_groups&quot;:&quot;chicago:lincoln-park,chicago:loop,chicago:uptown,chicago:west-ridge,chicago:wrigleyville&quot;,&quot;sales_group_primary&quot;:&quot;uptown&quot;,&quot;sales_group_borough&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;uniform_resource_locator&quot;:&quot;www.dnainfo.com\/chicago\/20170609\/uptown\/cta-red-purple-lines-moving-forward-with-renovation-project&quot;,&quot;page_class&quot;:&quot;story&quot;,&quot;page_category&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\">\n<article class=\"story js-nsq js-infinite-scroll\">\n<div class=\"entry clearfix\">The first phase of the project will rebuild four of the oldest Red Line stations on the North Side while rebuilding the structure that supports the track as well as the Belmont flyover, which officials promise will unclog the bottleneck created by the intersection of the Red, Purple and Brown lines.<br \/>\n&#8220;In Chicago, the strategic and extensive investments we are making in our city\u2019s infrastructure are investments in our residents, our neighborhoods and in our economic future,&#8221; Mayor Rahm Emanuel said in a statement. &#8220;As the CTA &#8216;L&#8217; turns 125 years old this week, we\u2019re always looking to the future by modernizing to create a world-class transit system that will better serve Chicagoans today and for decades to come.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The project includes plans to rebuild the 100-year-old embankment that supports the track between Lawrence and Bryn Mawr avenues, making it possible for six to eight more trains per hour to travel from Howard to 95th streets on the Red Line.<br \/>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/securepubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ads?gdfp_req=1&amp;correlator=3816116482918132&amp;output=json_html&amp;callback=googletag.impl.pubads.callbackProxy14&amp;impl=fif&amp;eid=21060384%2C108809080%2C108809103%2C21060002&amp;sc=1&amp;sfv=1-0-9&amp;iu=%2F7228%2Fchicago%2Flakeview-wrigleyville%2Fstory%2Fmeat-dive-bar-stu-zirin-halsted&amp;sz=300x600&amp;scp=columns%3D%26people%3Dstu-zirin%252Cjohn-dalton%26places%3Dminibar%252Cmeat%252Cdive-bar%26tags%3D%26topic%3Dfood-drink%26position%3Dundefined%26feature%3Dopenings-closings%26page_class%3Dstory%26page_category%3D%26environment%3D%26chicago_hood%3Dlakeview%252Cuptown%252Cwrigleyville%26chicago_prim%3Dlakeview&amp;eri=1&amp;cookie=ID%3D4729c9a7c71be0cf%3AT%3D1497286201%3AS%3DALNI_MYJRJeb9kTh2eRw4PaHbG7J-_mo7Q&amp;abxe=1&amp;lmt=1497300599&amp;dt=1497300745505&amp;frm=20&amp;biw=1301&amp;bih=592&amp;oid=3&amp;adx=887&amp;ady=14668&amp;adk=3066931669&amp;gut=v2&amp;ifi=14&amp;u_tz=-300&amp;u_his=3&amp;u_java=true&amp;u_h=731&amp;u_w=1301&amp;u_ah=693&amp;u_aw=1301&amp;u_cd=24&amp;u_nplug=2&amp;u_nmime=4&amp;u_sd=1.05&amp;flash=25.0.0&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dnainfo.com%2Fchicago%2F20170612%2Fuptown%2Fgirl-12-stabbed-beaten-death-uptown-during-domestic-dispute&amp;dssz=73&amp;icsg=141398573056&amp;mso=128&amp;vrg=121&amp;vrp=121&amp;ga_vid=1894836888.1497286186&amp;ga_sid=1497300606&amp;ga_hid=1746211725\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-body clearfix container news-story-page story-page visual chicago\">\n<div class=\"content-wrapper container original-content-type-story\">\n<div class=\"story-wrapper col-xs-12 our-col-sm-5 col-md-8 pull-left\" data-slideshow-zone=\"chicago\/uptown-andersonville\/slideshow\" data-override=\"\/chicago\/story\/uptown-andersonville\/uptown\/cta-red-purple-lines-moving-forward-with-renovation-project\" data-canonical-url=\"https:\/\/www.dnainfo.com\/chicago\/20170609\/uptown\/cta-red-purple-lines-moving-forward-with-renovation-project\" data-topic=\"politics,transportation\" data-hood=\"Uptown\" data-story-id=\"814871\" data-grouphood=\"Uptown &amp; Andersonville\" data-tags=\"belmont-bypass|red-purple-modernization|politics|transportation\" data-topics=\"Politics|Transportation\" data-chartbeat-sections=\"DNAinfo Chicago Uptown &amp; Andersonville,DNAinfo Chicago,DNAinfo Chicago Politics,DNAinfo Chicago Transportation\" data-author-list=\"Heather Cherone\" data-author=\"Heather Cherone\" data-nsq-prompt=\"{&quot;isEditorial&quot;:true,&quot;author&quot;:{&quot;first_name&quot;:&quot;Heather&quot;,&quot;last_name&quot;:&quot;Cherone&quot;},&quot;generic&quot;:{&quot;author&quot;:&quot;3fd0a43be767c75251d6e9e5c0928703&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.dnainfo.com\\\/chicago\\\/20170609\\\/uptown\\\/cta-red-purple-lines-moving-forward-with-renovation-project&quot;,&quot;nbhd&quot;:&quot;129639&quot;},&quot;payload&quot;:{&quot;author&quot;:&quot;3fd0a43be767c75251d6e9e5c0928703&quot;,&quot;external_id&quot;:&quot;814871&quot;,&quot;nbhd&quot;:&quot;129639&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;dnainfo&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;How often do you get stuck on the Red Line?&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.dnainfo.com\\\/chicago\\\/20170609\\\/uptown\\\/cta-red-purple-lines-moving-forward-with-renovation-project&quot;},&quot;test_mode&quot;:0,&quot;digest&quot;:&quot;5b324d3592fc78f6d1bc22251c5e9e9b519b4197d629496c3de606bcc2d5e2cf54666be5a1fb302c4396beb881acde932e8e5678931f75c71a60040cfb2939e1&quot;,&quot;dna_prompt_text&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-ad-data=\"{&quot;zone&quot;:&quot;chicago\/uptown-andersonville\/story\/cta-red-purple-lines-moving-forward-with-renovation-project&quot;,&quot;sales_groups&quot;:&quot;chicago:lincoln-park,chicago:loop,chicago:uptown,chicago:west-ridge,chicago:wrigleyville&quot;,&quot;sales_group_primary&quot;:&quot;uptown&quot;,&quot;sales_group_borough&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;uniform_resource_locator&quot;:&quot;www.dnainfo.com\/chicago\/20170609\/uptown\/cta-red-purple-lines-moving-forward-with-renovation-project&quot;,&quot;page_class&quot;:&quot;story&quot;,&quot;page_category&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\">\n<article class=\"story js-nsq js-infinite-scroll\">\n<div class=\"entry clearfix\">\n<p>That should prevent riders from having to wait as packed trains pass by, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The project will be created by the first Tax Increment Financing District designed to finance a transit project. The district, between North and Devon avenues is expected to generate $622 million. Those funds \u2014 plus $428 million in other CTA money \u2014 will be used to match the $1.1 billion federal grant the city secured in the final days of the Obama administration.<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-body clearfix container news-story-page story-page visual chicago\">\n<div class=\"content-wrapper container original-content-type-story\">\n<div class=\"story-head\">\n<div class=\"abs-outer-box\">\n<div class=\"border-block abs-inner-box\">\n<div class=\"wrapper clearfix\">\n<div class=\"reporter-display media with-twitter\">\n<div class=\"media-heading\">By Heather Cherone\u00a0DNAinfo Chicago<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-body clearfix container news-story-page story-page visual chicago\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The $2.1 billion renovation of the Red and Purple CTA train lines on the North Side is one step closer to breaking ground, as CTA officials asked firms to submit proposals for the massive project. The first phase of the project will rebuild four of the oldest Red Line stations on the North Side while &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.universaltaxidispatch.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/cta-red-purple-lines-moving-forward-with-renovation-project\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">CTA Red, Purple Lines Moving Forward With Renovation Project<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":965,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-review"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/www.universaltaxidispatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/extralarge-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.universaltaxidispatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.universaltaxidispatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.universaltaxidispatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.universaltaxidispatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.universaltaxidispatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=964"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.universaltaxidispatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":967,"href":"http:\/\/www.universaltaxidispatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964\/revisions\/967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.universaltaxidispatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.universaltaxidispatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.universaltaxidispatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.universaltaxidispatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}