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'L' may stop in food aisle

CTA looking into stores on its routes
Via Chicago Tribune,
105 Reads | | Post a commentPublished July 17, 2008 - 1:39 PM
'L' may stop in food aisle
The Loop, Chicago, Ill. —  

The Chicago Transit Authority is hoping that some day you will pick up milk and bread or perhaps a six-pack of beer without ever stepping outside an "L" stop.

The CTA wants to investigate having some "L" trains stop inside supermarkets, or perhaps host mini-banks and restaurants on its property, as it seeks to more fully benefit commercially from its far-flung network of rail and bus routes.

"Right off the bat we are going to be looking at the idea of grocery stores right at train stations," said Jeff Ahmadian, deputy general counsel for the CTA.

"People could get off directly inside the grocery store and go shopping without ever going outside," he said.

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