Thread by @bsmcfadden

#ChicagoTSTheErasTour Night Two @cta
Number of Scheduled Train Arrivals at Roosevelt between 10pm-1am.
Green:
• 24 trains (12 North/12 South)
Orange:
• 22 trains (11 Loop/11 Midway)
Red:
• 36 trains (18 North/18 South)
(same as Night 1)

@cta #ChicagoTSTheErasTour Night Two @cta
Number of Train Arrivals at Roosevelt between 10pm-1am.
Green:
• North - 10 trains
• South - 9 trains
Orange:
• Loop/Midway - 12 trains
Red:
• North - 16 trains
• South - 13 trains
(better in some areas, worse in others)

@cta Intervals/Headways in minutes at Roosevelt between 10pm-1am.
Green:
• North - Shortest: 7 | Longest: 32 | Average: 18.3
• South - S: 12 | L: 32 | A: 21.7
Orange:
• Loop/Midway - S: 11 | L: 21 | A: 15.83
Red:
• North - S: 5 | L: 18 | A: 11.1
• South - S: 5 | L: 20 | A: 13.2

@cta So the CTA did learn something after Night 1! At least, according to this guy they did

https://twitter.com/bsmcfadden/status/1665217306165649408

@cta Night 2 had 4 ‘extra’ Red line trains available instead of just the 1 planned on Night 1. These trains were staged at various center tracks south of Roosevelt. And for good reason! Passenger demand on the Red-North was again heavy last night, possibly even more than Night 1.

The @cta also leveraged a Harlem/Lake bound Green line as a ‘Loop Shuttle’, turning it left at Tower 18 (Lake/Wells) and diverting it southbound to Roosevelt for additional capacity between the Loop ‘L’ and an area of high passenger demand.

Passenger flow was again a huge issue again last night. #Swifties are smart, and resourceful - but navigational apps only show ‘primary entrances’ and they show everyone the same thing.

It could really benefit the crowd control to encourage use of both sides of Roosevelt Ave to access the Elevated for Orange/Green line trains, and divert some (or all) the Red Line traffic to use the subway entrance at State/Roosevelt, 1 block north.

IMO #ChicagoTSTheErasTour Night Two was significantly more efficient for Post-Show egress of the #Swifties. The @cta still didn’t fulfill their full schedule for the hours of 10pm to 1am, but it also didn’t take until 1am to be able to officially declare the event over.