Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Blue Line

The ‘L’ Reduces Congestion on Highways More Than Widening Would

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Yesterday, a road construction lobbying group tricked many local publications into promoting their highway expansion agenda. In what’s become a common strategy for the road-building industry, the American Highway Users Alliance conducted a study called “Unclogging America’s Arteries 2015,” which reported that traffic congestion is really bad and, of course, adding more capacity for cars is the […]

More Ideas for Improving Rail Service at O’Hare Right Now

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Last week’s Streetblog Chicago post about Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s O’Hare express train proposal struck a chord with readers, with dozens of retweets and almost 100 comments. Lots of people agreed that the existing CTA Blue Line run between the Loop and “the world’s busiest airport” is already a relatively fast, high-quality service. Many readers also concurred that […]