Jackson Tunnel, The Loop, Chicago
I always forget that there’s a tunnel between the Jackson Red Line Station & Jackson Blue Line Station. I got on there a few days ago and was thinking that I needed to go up to Washington then transfer but was happily surprised to be reminded I could transfer right there. I wonder if the red & blue criss-crossed tile is representative of this or if it’s just a coincidence.
tien // Jan 26, 2006 at 11:27 am
love it.
Devyn // Jan 26, 2006 at 12:32 pm
Great shot Rachelle, The transfer tunnels have been on my list to photograph for quite some time, I just never get down that far.
Oh, and yes the red and blue tiles represent the connection between the Red and Blue Lines. When they first completed the renovation of the tunnel a few years ago, the lighting would take on a “reddish” or “bluish” cast of color depending on which direction you were walking.
Thanks!
Mike // Jan 26, 2006 at 12:59 pm
Could Chicago have possibly picked a more confusing color scheme for the El?
For colorblind people, red, green, brown, and orange are almost indistinguishable.
My colorblindness doesn’t play a role in any other city’s mass transit system.
I avoid the El like the plague.
Matt // Jan 26, 2006 at 1:06 pm
You’re bad at Chicago
ChrisM // Jan 26, 2006 at 2:45 pm
Nice tunnel. Chicago has it’s act together on Mass Transit, no doubt about. I wish I could move there but my job has gone to Bangalore, not Chicago!
Devyn // Jan 27, 2006 at 11:28 am
Quote from Mike: “My colorblindness doesn’t play a role in any other city’s mass transit system. I avoid the El like the plague.”
Mike, that’s a lousy excuse not to ride the L Trains. There are lots of cities that use a color code system, such as:
Boston, Dallas, Los Angeles, Portland OR, Sacramento, Washinton DC, and BART in the Bay Area. Not to mention that color coding lines is used around the world.
I know that it isn’t much help if you are color blind, but to say that you don’t ride the CTA trains because of it, is lame. The colors are almost always spelled out, and besides, if you rode it a few times, you would learn the system, and not need to be able to see color.
Mike // Jan 27, 2006 at 3:40 pm
Devyn,
Do you work for CTA? You seem like a real L pusher. Or are you one of these public transportation-obsessed people?
Do you know what it is like to be colorblind? What if I were really blind? Or deaf? Would you be telling me that was a lame excuse?
You want people to think you’re all progressive because YOU TAKE THE L, but you poke fun of disabled people. You liberals are all the same. Peace and love as long as the other guy thinks like you do. Otherwise, F him. I’ve seen enough.
chris // Jan 27, 2006 at 6:28 pm
Cool photo of the transer tunnel. Better than my photo! http://www.chicagosnapshot.com/cs/archives/2003/12/back_to_the_l_t.php
Then again, back then I had a crappy Sony camera..
Devyn // Jan 27, 2006 at 11:34 pm
Mike, Blind people ride the L, and they can’t even see the trains they are riding on. So do deaf people, and other differently abled people.
I wasn’t trying to be harsh, I just felt that being color blind was not a real excuse for not taking the L trains.
Nate // Jan 29, 2006 at 4:45 pm
Speaking of color and the El — does anyone know the rationale for why the signs at the stations are the color they are? Seems totally random to me, maybe they help out with recognizing what stop you’re at? Like Sedgewick = brown or something?
ChrisM // Jan 30, 2006 at 7:56 am
Hey Mike sorry to hear the hand you were dealt includes color blindness. However based on the “talking pointedness” nature of your post, I believe your big problem is too much Fox News Channel cliche and not enough thinking for yourself, with all due respect.