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Obama Library Plans Massive Parking Garage, Lacks Holistic Transportation Plan
At public meetings on Wednesday and Thursday, officials from the Chicago Department of Transportation and the Obama Foundation revealed the latest site plans for the Obama Presidential Center ("the library"), which included details about how the foundation plans to build an aboveground parking garage on parkland.
August 25, 2017
No, Chicago Tribune, We Don’t Have to Accommodate All 19,300 Car Trips on Cornell
Rhe Trib’s assumption that all of the car trips that currently take place on Cornell need to be “accommodated” is flawed.
May 15, 2017
The 5th Ward’s Leslie Hairston: Chicago’s Most Auto-centric Alderman?
It was no surprise that read that Hairston opposes pedestrianizing streets in Jackson Park. She’s shown time and time again that she prioritizes easy driving above all other transportation modes.
February 7, 2017
Obama Library’s Jackson Park Location Will Be Easy to Visit Without Driving
Today a spokesman for the Obama Foundation officially confirmed that the Obama Presidential Center will be located in Jackson Park on the South Side, and he lauded the project as the nation’s first urban presidential library. “For the first time, a presidential center will be in the heart of an urban community," foundation chairman Martin Nesbitt, said in a statement.
July 29, 2016