Steven Vance

As planning advances for Chicago's first full-fledged Bus Rapid Transit routes, public officials and advocates are starting to make the case that new, high-quality bus service is about more than getting people from point A to point B quickly and reliably. Those mobility benefits will be significant, but if BRT succeeds at improving transit trips for Chicagoans, it can also bring about a range of other benefits, spurring development and adding new housing choices where people can live without the financial burden of car ownership.

A Metra Electric train crosses Yates Boulevard out of the South Shore station. Photo by Jeff Zoline.

Margaret Laurino with constituent and Grid Chicago commenter Bob Kastigar.