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Widening the Tri-State Will Be Another Futile Attempt to Build Our Way Out of Congestion
Adding new asphalt on the 22 miles of the Tri-State between Rosemont and Oak Lawn would be a waste of money because highway expansion inevitably induces more traffic.
April 28, 2017
The ‘L’ Reduces Congestion on Highways More Than Widening Would
Yesterday, a road construction lobbying group tricked many local publications into promoting their highway expansion agenda.
November 24, 2015
Federal Funds Shifting To More Active Transportation Projects This Year
The next group of transportation projects that aim to improve air quality or reduce congestion and should receive federal funding has been approved by Chicagoland's regional planning organization. The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning evaluates requests for the funding from the federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement program. CMAQ has ensured for nearly two decades that bike lanes are built and new Chicago Transit Authority and Pace buses go out on the road, among other active transportation projects.
October 20, 2015
IDOT to Waste $43 Million Trying to Relieve Kennedy Congestion
The Illinois Department of Transportation is pulling another bad idea out of its old bag of tricks, proposing to add two traffic lanes on the Kennedy Expressway between Harlem Avenue and Cumberland Avenue. Also included in IDOT's proposal are modified ramps at Cumberland and a new ramp onto the Tri-State Tollway (I-294).
February 12, 2014