Transit Future is a campaign to expand the public transit system in Chicago. The project was launched in 2014 by the Center for Neighborhood Technology and the Active Transportation Alliance.[1]
It is modeled on a successful campaign by Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa that built public support to raise funds for major transportation investments.[2] Prominent supporters of the Transit Future initiative include Rahm Emanuel, Toni Preckwinkle, Jesús "Chuy" García, and various business and civic groups.[3][4]
Advocates have suggested that Cook County establish a "dedicated revenue stream" of some sort to pay for the transit improvements.[5] They argue that compared to peer cities, Chicago has one of the lowest rates of per capita spending on transit.[6][7]
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Six rail extensions and several other projects are proposed, at a cost of $20 billion:
- Red Line extension to 130th Street
- Brown Line extension to Jefferson Park Transit Center
- Orange Line extension to Ford City Mall
- Blue Line extension to Oakbrook Center (Congress Branch)
- Blue Line extension to Schaumburg (O'Hare Branch)
- Yellow Line extension to Old Orchard Mall
- New Ashland Bus Rapid Transit
- New Lime Line running north-south near Cicero Avenue
- New South Lakefront Service
- New Metra SouthEast Service to Crete
- New express service running between O'Hare and Midway Airports
- Bus rapid transit lines in the suburbs
- West Loop transportation center
References edit
- ^ "Transit Future". Center for Neighborhood Technology. Retrieved Jan 25, 2021.
- ^ Could This Be The Future Of Public Transit In Chicago?: Chicagoist Archived 2015-05-31 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Advocates call for raising tax money to pay for mass transit improvements - tribunedigital-chicagotribune
- ^ What Would Jesús Ride? Talking Transportation With Jesús “Chuy” García | Streetsblog Chicago
- ^ Garcia floats sales tax for CTA improvements - GREG HINZ - Crain's Chicago Business
- ^ Transit Future Slowly Building Coalition to Fund Expanded Transit | Streetsblog Chicago
- ^ Transit Gets Shortchanged in Chicagoland, Stifling the Region’s Economy | Streetsblog Chicago