Markster
Senior Member
very very few people current disembark at stations other than Union during AM rush. If few are going from A to non-union B on Lake Shore then they probably aren't going to transfer at these other stations in the short-term either. If 95% of trips are satisfied by the stop being a single-line then that's probably for the best.
If they get a measurable number of inter-line transfers at Union, these stations can be expanded to become multi-line stops. Gradual expansion through numerous independent tenders fits well with how they like to do things.
It requires culture change.
It is unsurprising that in the near-to-medium term people will continue to use the system the exact same way it's been designed to be used for 50 years. And frankly, there's no reason to expect it to change, so long as the service pattern penalizes anything else.