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Transportation

Perspectives: The Powers That Be

Lightfoot’s rideshare fee plan improves equity, but why not tax Uber and Lyft directly?

By Curtis Black | November 12, 2019

The mayor’s proposal to relieve congestion and boost public transportation will cost solo riders in affluent areas the most, but there are other, more progressive options.

Economic Development
Obama Presidential Center site plan

After federal assessment, what’s next for the Obama Presidential Center?

By Josh McGhee | August 7, 2019

Officials are seeking public comment after a review found that the development could harm the historical status of the Jackson Park Historic Landscape District and Midway Plaisance.

Perspectives: The Powers That Be

Lori Lightfoot blasts One Central’s Springfield surprise

By Curtis Black | June 7, 2019

Chicago’s new mayor criticized developer Bob Dunn for slipping authorization for $5 billion into the state capital budget for a giant new transit hub next to Soldier Field.

Perspectives: The Powers That Be

From police to schools to transit, a crisis of accountability in Chicago

By Curtis Black | June 21, 2018

As Rahm Emanuel courts flashy projects amid a slew of scandals, it seems the mayor is more accountable to big-money donors than to neighborhood constituents.

Beyond 95th Street
Metra Electric Pullman station

Instead of extending the Red Line, some see promise in the Metra Electric

By La Risa Lynch | June 11, 2018

Converting the Metra Electric District main line into rapid transit could be a quicker, cheaper way to improve transit on the South Side than building more Red Line stations, advocates say.

Beyond 95th Street

New Red Line extension plan would uproot fewer Far South Side homes

By La Risa Lynch | January 31, 2018

The Chicago Transit Authority’s hybrid proposal lowers the number of privately owned properties that would need to be acquired, but residents still have mixed feelings on how the project could affect them economically.

Perspectives

Mayor’s taxi industry proposal won’t level the playing field with Uber, Lyft

By Curtis Black | November 16, 2017

Mayor Emanuel says his proposed changes to taxicab regulation would help the industry at a time when hundreds of taxi owner-operators face foreclosure on their medallions.

Perspectives: The Powers That Be

Highway expansion drives jobs away from communities that need them

By Curtis Black | September 21, 2017

The costly projects will add to the exodus of jobs to the suburbs making employment out of reach for low-income Chicagoans who rely on public transit.

Transportation

Rail yard expansion in Englewood raises questions of eminent domain’s scope

By La Risa Lynch | March 5, 2017

Norfolk Southern, a publicly held railroad company, has filed condemnation proceedings against three last holdouts blocking completion of their project, which they argue is for public benefit.

Beyond 95th Street

Far South Side homeowners question Red Line extension’s impact on property values

By La Risa Lynch | November 30, 2016

The Chicago Transit Authority plans to acquire some homes to extend the “L” and affected residents want to ensure they’re fairly compensated in neighborhoods that have been especially slow to recover from the housing crash.

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