[PRCo] Tragedy/Question To The List

[Bob Rathke]

Yesterday (Tuesday) in downtown Chicago, the tall, major, public and
government  buildings were evacuated and closed.  By Noon, most workers
downtown had left to go home.  CTA and Metra trains were running on schedule
to get the people out of downtown, but the CTA Blue Line terminated at
Rosemont, and still does not go into O'Hare Airport.

Chicago public schools remained open, but most colleges closed (and are
still closed today - Wednesday).  Most public buildings including museums,
and many companies downtown are closed today.  Street parking is still
prohibited in a large area of downtown adjacent to the Chicago River and
Michigan Avenue.  TV reports say the downtown streets look like it's a legal
holiday.

Yesterday, O'Hare was closed down and people in the terminals told to leave.
However, the CTA Blue Line wasn't running to the airport, and no autos or
taxis were allowed to enter the airport property, so if you wanted to get
out, you had to walk about two miles out to River Road.

O'Hare is still isolated today (Noon CDT), but airport and airline employees
with ID badges are being allowed to enter the airport grounds.  I believe
they must park in a remote parking lot, and then they are being bussed to
the terminals.

Bob 9/12/01


----- Original Message -----
From: "Derrick J Brashear" <shadow at dementia.org>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 11:25 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Tragedy/Question To The List


>
> On Wed, 12 Sep 2001 HRBran99 at aol.com wrote:
>
> > Since we have list members from all across the US I would like to ask
this
> > non-PRCo question:
> >
> > In any list members city was the downtown areas, universities, public
> > schools, public buildings, public transportation, etc. sealed or closed
> > yesterday?
>
> Technically Carnegie Mellon closed yesterday but was not sealed. The
> Pittsburgh subway was also closed.
>
> -D
>
>
>