"Almost every suggestion that is made meets some opposition, whether it be closing entrance ramps to the highway, using breakdown lanes, building parking garages for train stations.
Mr. Metsopoulos, who was a state legislator representing the 132nd District between 1984 and 1994, said he supported closing entrance ramps during his second two-year term and "was told that will never work.
Then it goes on to describe something that isn't the usual fare of diversions, skipped stops and closed entrances.
Advocates for riders and some elected officials argued that such turnstiles were, in effect, closed entrances for parents with infants and strollers, shoppers with packages, people with crutches or walkers, and people with guide dogs.
The police had to close entrance and exit ramps at a couple of spots along Lake Shore Drive.
When you close entrance ramps, "you have be practical enough to understand what the impact is elsewhere," said State Representative Jacqueline M. Cocco, a Democrat from Fairfield, who is also the House chairwoman of the Transportation Committee.
An Italian girl with glittery eye make-up dances with her eyes closed, entranced.
The police blocked their way by closing sidewalk entrances on the bridge's San Francisco side to all foot traffic.
Police blocked a State Street bank entrance, and banks in Chicago's banking center on LaSalle Street prepared for protesters by posting extra guards and closing some entrances.
On the promenade between West 83rd and West 86th Streets, Riverside Park (closest entrances are at 83rd, 84th and 91st Streets, from Riverside Drive).
