Approaching the 95th Street and Dan Ryan Red Line platform, riders will find a newly renovated station with new pedestrian walkways and transit updates but for those with a car, few places to park. Tune in for a segment on 'Chicago Tonight' at 7 p.m.
“I’ve lived on the South Side but I’ve never seen a Park & Ride on the South Side, as far as CTA or anything like that,” said Teon Webster, a former South Side resident who now frequents the Park & Ride at the Howard Red Line station. “A Park & Ride would be great like at the 95Street terminal. That’s a perfect spot for one … even after all the construction and re-beautification, they still didn’t do it.
“CTA has already purchased all the lots, they have cleared them out,” Beale said. “This Park & Ride can be done in a matter of weeks. It’s already been excavated, it’s already ready to go, the land has been cleared. Give the people some place to park so they can park a car, get on the CTA and get to work in a timely manner.”
“We’re trying to bring these concerns to the CTA but once again they don’t listen,” Beale said. He believes a South Side Park & Ride does not need to wait for the proposed and long-anticipated Red Line extension. Commuter Marvin Howard, who has ridden the Red Line at the 95th and Dan Ryan station for nearly 30 years, laughed at the idea of finding parking near his stop, and said “It’s kind of difficult.”
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