Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Red Line extension

New Type of TIF District Would Increase Funding for Transit Projects

By Steven Vance | May 11, 2015 | 15 Comments

A new bill that passed the Illinois Senate last week would create a new class of tax increment financing district that could only be created around Chicago transit stations and lines to capture the property value that being near transit generates. Most of the revenue generated by these TIFs would be earmarked to pay for construction […]

Everything You Need To Know About CTA’s Red Line Rebuild

By Steven Vance | Jun 19, 2014 | 10 Comments

The Chicago Transit Authority has begun a series of projects aimed at completely overhauling nearly every part of the Red (and Purple) Line, its longest and busiest rapid transit route. They call these projects “Red Ahead,” and together they should dramatically improve reliability on the line, while also increasing service, adding accessible facilities to stations, […]

CMAP Plan Update Includes Sobering Look at Region’s Funding Shortfall

By Steven Vance | Jun 17, 2014 | 2 Comments

The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning’s GO TO 2040 regional comprehensive plan has weathered some major ups and downs in its four-year lifespan. CMAP has received several awards for the plan, which required a huge effort on their part to reach out to local residents and overwrite decades of uncoordinated transportation “plans.” Last year, though, the […]

Alderman Beale Opposes Extending Red Line South on Halsted

By John Greenfield | Apr 16, 2014 | 24 Comments

Yesterday’s Sun-Times update on the CTA’s proposed South Red Line extension included some interesting details about the project, as well as a few misguided comments about transit from 9th Ward Alderman Anthony Beale, who is also the chair of City Council’s transportation committee. The CTA is considering two rail routes for the $2 billion, roughly […]

Roseland Resilient in Face of Decades-Delayed Red Line Extension

By Steven Vance | Nov 26, 2013 | 16 Comments

The Chicago Transit Authority has been planning an extension of the Red Line from its current terminus at 95th Street for decades and I joined a tour group at the Congress for New Urbanism’s transportation summit last week to see the proposed station locations. Development Communities Project’s board member Phyllis Palmer led the tour because […]