Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Green Line

Dense Thinking: CNT Staffers Discuss the TOD Reform Ordinance

By John Greenfield | Aug 24, 2015 | 2 Comments

[This piece also appears in Checkerboard City, John’s column in Newcity magazine, which hits the streets on Wednesday evenings.] Believe it or not, back in the early nineties, ex-mayor Richard M. Daley was planning to tear out an entire branch of the El system. “The Lake Street branch of what’s now the Green Line had terrible slow […]

Does It Make Sense to Build a Green Stop Two Blocks From the Red Line?

By John Greenfield | May 14, 2014 | 18 Comments

Last Wednesday, when I walked the length of Chicago’s Cermak Road, I noticed that the Cermak-McCormick Place Green Line station, currently under construction and scheduled for completion this year, will be only two blocks east of the Cermak-Chinatown Red Line stop. Since that’s only a five-minute walk for most people, the new station, currently under […]

Training for the Big Game: Why Is There No ‘L’ Stop at the United Center?

By John Greenfield | Apr 22, 2014 | 28 Comments

[This article also ran in Checkerboard City, John’s transportation column in Newcity magazine, which hits the streets on Wednesday evenings.] Every time I take the Pink Line to Pilsen and gaze out the window at the United Center, I’m struck by the apparent stupidity of train service that goes right past Chicago’s largest sports and […]