Red and Purple Modernization

Now that the field of builders is narrowed down, the CTA will invite the potential bidders to submit proposals on how they would design and build the project.

In honor of this milestone, here's a rundown of major infrastructure initiatives currently in progress or on deck.

Instead of focusing on higher-end shops, restaurants, and housing, many neighbors along this corridor expressed strong support for affordable housing to help maintain a diverse community.

Now that the flyover is a done deal, neighbors are pushing for the gaps created by demolitions to be filled in with quality transit-oriented development and other creative uses of the new open space.

It came as no surprise, but it was still a relief, when officials announced today that the $1 billion federal grant for the CTA’s Red and Purple Modernization project has been approved.

Chicago straphangers can breath a sigh of relief. Aldermen voted to pass the tax-increment financing district that will fund the needed "L' improvements.

Yesterday the CTA announced a new $75 million investment towards the $2.3 billion Red Line Extension on the South Side transit.

Joravsky's column about the CTA’s rush to get a transit TIF passed in order fund the Red and Purple Modernization while Obama is still in office contains some questionable logic that needs to be addressed.

A new bill that would generate more funding for four large-scale Chicago transit infrastructure projects, without diverting tax revenues from schools, passed the Illinois House and Senate today. The original bill was introduced in January 2015, spearheaded by the Metropolitan Planning Council. It awaits Governor Bruce Rauner's signature, who is expected to sign a budget today after a year of operating the state without a budget for a year – reducing funding for transit agencies, schools, and social services.