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Here’s Our Full Email Exchange With the Chicago Infrastructure Trust About the O’Hare Express
CIT spokesperson Jennifer Martinez left her job at the city days after providing these comments, which were more candid than any given to any other news outlet.
February 28, 2019
Chicago Infrastructure Trust, Transit Experts Discuss the (Doomed?) O’Hare Express
With Bill Daley out of the running for mayor, the next administration will likely kill Elon Musk's pipe scheme. Local transit authorities discuss why that's probably a good thing.
February 27, 2019
City Announces Competitors for O’Hare Express, Including Noted Transit Hater Elon Musk
Three other teams are also in the running to build the controversial luxury service.
February 7, 2018
The Chicago Infrastructure Trust as a Way to Fund Big Public Projects
In conjunction with this week’s American Planning Association conference, which brought 5,000 urban planners to Chicago, last night the Chicago Architecture Foundation hosted the roundtable “No Small Plans: The Chicago Infrastructure Trust.” Approved by City Council in April 2012, the trust is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to raise capital from private investors for large-scale public works projects that might be too expensive to be paid for by public funds. It has a five-member board of directors appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
April 17, 2013