Quote Originally Posted by Richard at Remax View Post
...the blue line from ORD and orange line from Midway to downtown has a ton of stops. the orange line from dfw to downtown has a ton of stops. the green line from SLC to downtown has a ton of stops for a short distance.

clearly I am in minority but there is a reason they want to do this route.
Those lines in Chicago are also general parts of the L/subway system and aren't specifically for a point-to-point commute with the airport at one end - they move people around all over the city, not just from one end of a dedicated-type of rail line.