New Diversey Brown Line station opens Aug. 4; weekend work roundup
The new, handicapped-accessible entrance to the Diversey station on the Brown Line will open on Aug. 4. Stations features include:
New elevators
Bright lighting
Refurbished canopies and new benches
New signage including Braille signs
Bike racks
Fullerton, Diversey station work this weekend. Southbound Brown and Red Line trains will operate on the northbound Red Line
track. Northbound Brown and Red Line trains will operate on the northbound Brown
Line track. Southbound Brown Line trains will not stop at Diversey. To access
Diversey, exit trains at Fullerton and board a northbound Brown Line train.
Red Line over the top on Sunday. Service on the Red Line between Fullerton and Cermak-Chinatown will be rerouted in both directions onto the
elevated tracks from 3 a.m. Sunday, July 27 until 3 a.m. Monday, July 28. Trains will run normally on Saturday for Venetian Night.
This will be a a very good thing for the people in the area. Filling down the narrow stairs at the temp station during rush hour is a true pita.
Posted by: reuben | July 26, 2008 at 04:46 AM
Speaking of extra stairways, when are they going to re-open the Hudson stairs at the Sedgwick station?
Posted by: Sammyg | July 27, 2008 at 01:33 PM
"The new, handicapped-accessible entrance to the Diversey station on the Brown Line will open on Aug. 4."
'Handicapped-accessible'?!?! Did that come from a CTA announcement? Or was that just thoughtlessness?
The disability community has striven for years to get away from use of the pejorative term - handicapped. Rather, the preferred usage is person(s) with disability. That's been standard language in all journalism stylebooks for at least 10 years.
If ADAPT or Access for Living saw something like that on a legitimate news site, they'd be all over it.
Posted by: Q | July 28, 2008 at 09:48 AM
From the CTA announcement: "The new station is accessible to customers with disabilities and includes these customer-convenient features."
No sign of the word "handicapped."
http://www.transitchicago.com/news/whatsnewA.wu?action=displaynewspostingdetail&articleid=126004
Posted by: strannix | July 28, 2008 at 10:32 AM