Will ridership on the Green Line grow the fastest in the next 30 yrs?

Okay, so the Blue and Red Lines are the top dogs. OHare service will probably always give the blue line the edge, while the Red Line's coveted route under State st downtown is much to envy. The Orange Line goes through a bunch of Kentucky before getting to Midway--some potential there, but so far not much on the drawing board. That leaves the Green Line. And I see some hefty growth there, if all goes well. When I visited www.newcommunities.org and read the plans for many communities, I saw at least 6 TOD's planned in otherwise dead areas. Here is what is going on: a few of the 63rd street stops will get more commercial/housing, not to mention the Kennedy-King College's relocation to 63rd/Halsted (right next to a green line station). 63rd and King, as well as 63rd Ashland and 63rd/(can't remember the street) are all planned for a bunch of renewal, if the market allows. Pedestrian-oriented retail is also planned for a few blocks east and west of the Green Line/55th stop near Washington Park. What else? A giant technology-job center is planned for an area just adjacent to the 35th st stop of the Green Line. This includes using already existent buildings of IIT and refitting them for technology-related use, as well as constructing new buildings along State St just north of 35th (replacing a giant parking lot I have always hated). How do I know? I friggin already saw the plans. If implemented, this will certainly bring thousands of high-tech jobs right next to a green line station. More? You bet. All along the western branch of the Green Line, TOD's are planned (Kedzie, California, and ???Ashland), not to mention the fact that merchants along Randolph st in the west loop have been asking for another L station along the Green Line between Clinton st. and Ashland. Finally--the Central Area Plan calls for a new L station on Cermak Rd along the Green Line. That, along with a housing boom that is almost guaranteed in Bronzeville (along with McCormick Place and commercial development along Cermak Rd) probably means a lot of ridership there. I also predict that another L station will be built along the Green Line between Cermak and 35th (28th st, anybody?) as the housing growth continues--but this last one is just my speculation. Among all of the community plans, I have observed growth plans mainly around Green Line Stations. I saw almost nothing planned around Orange LIne stations (although there is a housing development planned around Orange Line at Western/35th). There are also preliminary plans for a high-density mixed-use TOD around a Blue line station in Little Village (can't remember where, though). Either way, this is an exciting time and I look forward to (hopefully) seeing the Green Line make a HUGE comeback.>