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Cermak- Chinatown

Sox-35th

47th

Garfield

63rd

69th

79th

87th

95th/Dan Ryan

CTA is rebuilding the south Red Line from just north of Cermak-Chinatown to 95th/Dan Ryan.

The work will benefit Red Line riders for decades to come—through faster travel times, increased
reliability, and spruced-up stations with a variety of improvements.
This May, the Red Line will be completely closed after Roosevelt Road to 95th Street for five
months. CTA will offer several alternative travel options during this closure to minimize the
impact on customers as much as possible (see other side of this page).

Faster travel times Better reliability Improved stations

Project scope
CTA will replace all of the ties, rails, third rails, drainage system and ballast (the stone
material that holds the ties in place) in the Red Line right-of-way. Additionally, eight stations
along the Dan Ryan Branch will be improved, from basic enhancements like new paint and better
lighting to additional customer amenities, like new benches and bike racks. New elevators will be
installed at the Garfield, 63rd and 87th stations—making the entire south Red Line fully
accessible.

How will this benefit Red Line riders?
New tracks will cut up to 20 minutes off the daily round-trip commute for South Side riders. That
amounts to nearly four days per year!

Additionally, the station improvements will enhance the customer experience, and the new elevators
at Garfield, 63rd and 87th will make those stations fully accessible.

The project has created hundreds of job opportunities, from construction trades and apprentices to
bus drivers and traffic control aides.

The shorter project means better and faster service—and modern trains and stations—nearly four
years ahead of a weekends-only work schedule (the Red Line has the highest weekend
ridership of any line).

Why is this work necessary?
The Dan Ryan Branch opened in 1969, when Richard Nixon was in the White House, a gallon of gas cost
35

cents and Gale Sayers won the NFL rushing title. The original tracks are well beyond their expected
lifespan, and call for a complete replacement. Because of the poor track condition, trains must
travel slower—meaning trips are longer. Without rehabilitation, rail service will become even
slower and the cost for replacement will continue to grow.

Dan Ryan terminal dedication, 1969

2000-series train at 67th, 1971

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Red Line South Alternative Travel Options
CTA understands that our customers will experience longer-than-normal commuting times during the
Red Line South
reconstruction project. Our goal is to provide a number of convenient travel options, and to
minimize the project’s impact as much as possible.

To help guide you through your travel alternatives, CTA is providing a number of travel options:

Alternate Rail Service
Red Line service on Green Line tracks — Roosevelt to
Ashland/63rd: After the Roosevelt subway station, Red Line trains will continue along the South
Side elevated structure normally used by the Green Line. Trains will make all stops along the South
Side elevated to the Ashland/63rd stop and return to Howard the same way.

Green Line service — Harlem to Loop and Cottage Grove: Green Line trains will operate between
Harlem and Cottage Grove. During weekday rush periods, alternating trains from Harlem will
terminate downtown (at Roosevelt in the AM; counterclockwise around the Loop in the PM) and return
to Harlem; all others will continue to Cottage Grove. Green Line customers needing to travel
to/from Ashland/63rd should transfer between Red Line trains serving Ashland/63rd and Green Line
trains at Garfield.

Free Rail Entry at Garfield Elevated Station
Customers at 69th, 79th, 87th and 95th Streets will be able
to board Red and Green line trains for free at the Garfield elevated station.

Shuttle Bus Service Plan

Free Bus Shuttle Service
CTA will provide free shuttle bus service south of 63rd to connect
customers with Red and Green Line service, and to provide service for local trips between 95th and
63rd. There will be five bus shuttle routes: four express shuttles and one local shuttle.

Express Bus Shuttles: CTA will provide five express bus shuttles (approximately 4am until 1am) for
the duration of the Red Line South project.

Four shuttles will provide non-stop service between the Garfield elevated station and stops at
closed Red Line stations between 95th/Dan Ryan and 69th. Most of these shuttles will operate via
the Dan Ryan Expressway. The four express shuttles are:

• #R95: 95th-Garfield Express shuttle (via Dan Ryan)
• #R87: 87th-Garfield Express shuttle (via Dan Ryan)
• #R79: 79th-Garfield Express shuttle (via Dan Ryan)
• #R69: 69th-Garfield Express shuttle (via State Street)

A fifth non-stop shuttle will provide express service between the Roosevelt and Cermak-Chinatown
stations – the #R22 Cermak-Roosevelt Express.

North

Red Line to Howard via
State Street Subway

Local shuttle extended to Garfield during Owl hours (1am-4am) only

Green Line to Harlem via Loop ‘L’

Local Bus Shuttle: From approximately 4am until 1am, a local bus shuttle – the #R63 Dan Ryan Local
Shuttle – will operate between 63rd and 95th streets, with stops at 69th, 79th and 87th streets.

Garfield Garfield
R55

From approximately 1am to 4am, it will extend to the Garfield elevated station as the #R55 Dan Ryan
Owl Shuttle to connect to Red Line trains.

63rd

R69

Supplemental Bus Service
CTA will provide expanded service to north-south streets, including:

69th

79th

R79

R87

Legend

Green Line service: Harlem-Cottage Grove

• #3 King Drive
• #4 Cottage Grove
• #8 Halsted
• #8A South Halsted
• #9 Ashland

Other Bus Service

• #J14 Jeffery Jump
• #24 Wentworth
• #29 State
• #44 Wallace/Racine
• #48 South Damen

87th

95th/Dan Ryan

R63
R55

R95

via Loop elevated

Red Line service: Howard-Ashland/63rd via subway

Dan Ryan branch: temporarily out of service

R63 Dan Ryan shuttle bus, with route name
Shuttle stop

Rerouted Bus Service: CTA will extend these routes to help facilitate customer travel. They
include:

• Extensions or reroutes of these bus services to connect with
the South Side elevated stations: #N5, #8A, #44, #48, #51, #59,
#71, and #169.

Discount Bus Rides
CTA will offer a 50-cent discount on bus rides along all bus routes

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    WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Fewer Black males were enrolled in the first year of medical schools last year than 32 years ago, a trend that, if left uncorrected, could hamper efforts to provide quality health care to underserved communities, according to a top officer in the American Association of Medical Colleges.

Marc Nivet, chief diversity officer at the Association of American Medical Colleges, made that startling disclosure at the recent Howard University Symposium on Unites States Healthcare.

“We don’t have the luxury of waiting 10 years 15 years 20 years to intervene in effective ways to insure that we have the talent necessary to come to our institutions,” Nivet said. “If we don’t effectively intervene in this pipeline and hold our institutions and ourselves accountable for finding the talent that we know exists than we have failed those 32 million people soon to be enfranchised and we have failed ourselves.”

The conference brought together health professionals, students and educators to develop strategies to improving the pipeline for people of color in healthcare.

According to a diversity study by the Association of American Medical Colleges, Black women account for nearly two-thirds of the students entering the first year of medical school.

“This positive trend for racial and ethnic minority women is not mirrored in their male counterparts: Black or African American males are applying to, being accepted to, and matriculating into medical school in diminishing numbers, which speaks to the increasing need for medical schools to institute plans and initiatives aimed at strengthening the pipeline,”  the report stated.

Kendra McDow, 28, entered one of those pipeline programs, Minority Access to Research Careers, the summer after her freshman year at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School in Washington, D.C.

“I knew that I wanted to be a doctor and felt like that program would provide me the opportunity to achieve my goal,” said McDow, who is currently a pediatric resident at the University of Maryland Children’s Hospital in Baltimore.

The Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) program was offered through a partnership with Temple University in Philadelphia.  High school students who participated in MARC were given the opportunity to perform research and present their findings in professional journals and science conferences. MARC also put those students on a track to earn a Ph.D. or M.D.

“It was an amazing experience for me, and honestly changed my life,” said McDow.

According to McDow, the MARC program at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School lost its funding, and now she wonders what will happen to students like her that want to pursue science or medical careers and don’t have the same opportunity she had.

With states and the federal government planning deeper cuts in higher education, more of those pipelines may get shutdown permanently.

Without access to pipeline programs, Black enrollment at medical schools may continue to decline. In 2011, Blacks accounted for 7.3 percent of medical school applicants, compared to 54.6 percent for Whites. Despite comprising 5.6 percent of the U.S. population, Asians accounted for 20.4 percent of medical school applicants that year.

Applying is only the first step.

The number of Blacks accepted to medical schools fell from 40 percent in 2010 to 38.3 percent in 2011. Meanwhile, the percentage of Whites accepted to medical schools increased from 47.9 percent in 2010 to 48.3 percent in 2011.

The numbers show that once Blacks were accepted to medical schools, they struggled to earn degrees. The percentage of Black medical students who matriculated fell from 6.3 percent in 2010 to 6.1 percent in 2011. The percentage of White students grew from 57.1 percent to 57.5 percent.

Even as researchers continue to address pipeline issues, the cost of medical school continues to be prohibitive for Black students who often show up at medical school already burdened with thousands of dollars in debt.

“Black or African American matriculants have higher rates of premedical debt than other racial or ethnic groups and among all students carrying premedical debt, most of it exceeds $25,000,” noted the AAMC report.

That’s nothing compared to the cost of earning a medical degree.

The Association of American Medical Colleges estimates that the average cost of for four years at a public medical school, including living expenses and books, is $207,868. That bill balloons to $278,455 for private institutions.

“There is increasing recognition that we need to look at new ways to deliver that education in a more costs benefit way,” said Mark Johnson, dean of the College of Medicine at Howard University. “There’s a lot of initiatives being looked at right now, expansion of technology and using more resources in the community to see if we can bring some of these costs down.”

Johnson said that ultimately it’s up to parents and students to look at the education as a long-term investment. Johnson said that he tells students who are weighing their options, that they’re worth it.

In 2012, Medscape, an online resource for physicians produced by WebMD, reported that doctors earn between $156,000 and $315,000 on average. Pediatricians reported the lowest earnings for specialists and radiologists and orthopedic surgeons topped the list at $315,000.

Dean Johnson said, “The cost is an issue. Though it is expensive, it’s worth it, because if you are going to make an investment in yourself and that investment is going to allow you to double or even triple your earnings over the next 20 or 30 years, you’re making an investment in yourself. So, I would tell students not to be deterred by the costs, because they are worth it.”