The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) is the comprehensive planning organization for the seven counties and 284 communities of northeastern Illinois. The agency and its partners developed and are now implementing ON TO 2050, a long-range plan to help the region implement strategies that address transportation, housing, economic development, open space, the environment, and other quality-of-life issues. See www.cmap.illinois.gov for more information.
I-290 is a mess. When will you have IDOT fix that mess they call an expressway? In fact, all the expressways in Chicago look dated and crumbling compared to Milwaukee expressways to the north.
This is the best example I've ever seen of Word Salad! Speaker rambles on to include all the right buzzwords and ends up saying absolutely nothing of substance. Amazing waste of breath!
:48 move closer to your school. its not the CTAs fault you live 3 hours from your school. first of all I'm sure that's illegal anyway. How far is her school if she gets home at 10pm every night just from having to take the bus from school? Its also been 10 years and this hasn't even broken ground yet.
Thank you for making this visually clear. I studied Masters in Urban Planning and honestly the reading and studying was so overwhelming and all the writing that I almost forgot what I learned
The reason the Souh Side is a living hell is NOT because they don't have easy access to the subway. This won't change anything. Stop being so damn dramatic.
The South Side sucks because it hasn't seen any investment in decades. Efficient transit access, like the north side enjoys, is an important investment.
Why won't the Red Line Extension continue all the way to Hegewisch? They are every bit as isolated as Altgeld and it's not much further away. Plus, by continuing to Hegewisch commuters can connect to the South Shore Line, for job and educational opportunities in Northwest Indiana. Also, has any thought been given to having Metra turn over the Blue Island Branch of the Metra Electric Line to the CTA, so they could build a second branch of the Red Line Extension, that would serve West Pullman? Metra has been drastically cutting service to the Blue Island Branch, and the Red Line Extension, as planned, runs right past the turnoff onto the Blue Island Branch, at 119th Street. Even more vacant land along the route to build plenty of affordable housing and develop commercial corridors. having a Red Line branch to Blue Island would also provide a connection to the Metra-Rock Island mainline, to commute to jobs and schools in the south suburbs.
Planning for a sustainable or regenerative local food system is quite the challenge. In our community of Stelle, Illinois we have created a community canning kitchen in order to get food from the community garden processed for consumption and storage. The Center for Sustainable Community has been instrumental in helping me to learn more about Community and the local food system. cscstelle
