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by Yonah Freemark
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Chicago’s Plans for a High-Speed Airport Link Revived Thanks to Investor Interest

Chicago O'Hare Blue Line Station

» Mayor Richard Daley hopes for a fully privately funded project connecting downtown with O’Hare Airport, but the city should be sure not to give away too much in the process.

Chicago, perhaps like no other city in the United States, has set itself apart as a center of trade, and recently that has been expressed in the growth of its two airports, O’Hare and Midway. With the resurgence of passenger rail promoted by the Obama Administration, it may be able to reassert its dominance in that field; it will sit at the confluence of three upgraded intercity rail lines

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Searching for Interest in the Daily Commute

Portland Aerial Tram

» As gondolas catch on in South America, should other cities search for ways to make transit trips more interesting?

When I lived in New York, I took the subway from Atlantic Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn to my office at Union Square everyday. It’s easy to get between the two — there are several different lines that make the trip in about fifteen minutes — but I would inevitably choose to walk out of my way to take the N Broadway train rather than the closer 4 and 5 Lexington Avenue lines.

There’s a simple explanation: whereas the N soars high

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Upcoming Transit Line Openings: 2012

Early
  • ▶ Sacramento Green Line to the River District LRT
March
  • ▶ Las Vegas Sahara Corridor BRT
April
  • ▶ 23: Rhode Island Wickford Junction Extension CR
  • ▶ 28: Los Angeles Expo Line Phase 1A LRT
Spring
  • ▶ Boston Fitchburg Line Extension CR
June
  • ▶ Los Angeles Expo Line Phase 1B LRT
  • ▶ New Orleans Loyola/UPT Streetcar
July
  • ▶ 30: Dallas Orange Line Phase II LRT
Summer
  • ▶ Los Angeles Orange Line Canoga Extension BRT
  • ▶ Miami Airport Link Metro
  • ▶ New York Nostrand/Rogers BRT
  • ▶ San Antonio Via Primo BRT
September
  • ▶ 21: Portland Streetcar Loop
October
  • ▶ Seattle Sounder Lakewood Extension CR
Fall
  • ▶ Calgary Northeast Line Extension LRT
  • ▶ Chicago Jeffery Corridor BRT
  • ▶ Los Angeles El Monte Transit Center
  • ▶ Seattle RapidRide C & D Lines BRT
  • ▶ Twin Cities Cedar Avenue BRT
December
  • ▶ Dallas Blue Line Extension LRT
  • ▶ 3: Dallas Orange Line Phase II LRT
  • ▶ 10: Salt Lake FrontRunner South CR
  • ▶ Montréal Train de l'Est CR

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