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The announcement of the finalists to build the O'Hare Express has critics even more concerned about the project's viability.

March 28, 2018 - Streetsblog Chicago

Are the urban revival and the future of mobility already rendering parking lots obsolete? Chicago provides a case study of a new generation of skyscrapers rising were cars once parked.

March 26, 2018 - Chicago Tribune

Chicago-based Foxtrot looks to expand their new convenience store concept with a nationwide roll-out.

March 23, 2018 - Modern Cities

One in ten Chicago homes is currently underwater, more than double the national average.

March 22, 2018 - Crain's Chicago Business

A building boom in cities like Seattle has slowed rising rents, but experts don't see this as a lasting trend.

March 20, 2018 - Governing

The Chicago Transit Authority's Red-Purple Bypass Project will add an additional track to speed up trains passing through the Belmont Station. The project requires the demolition of several neighborhood buildings.

March 9, 2018 - Chicago Tribune

Former President Barack Obama is facing a new kind of politics while working to support the development plan for the Barack Obama Presidential Center.

March 7, 2018 - City Observatory

A year after a report showed a giant discrepancy in enforcement of bike regulation between white and black riders, data the Chicago Police Department continues to target black bikers.

March 4, 2018 - Streetsblog Chicago

The state Legislative Analyst's Office looks at California's out-migration data. Every year since 1990, more Californians left for other than states than arrive. Which states are sending their residents here, and where are Californians fleeing to?

March 3, 2018 - California Legislative Analyst's Office

Remember to ask the hard questions when presented with silver bullets.

February 28, 2018 - Streetsblog USA

CTA upgrades will speed up trains and increase capacity for four train lines in the city.

February 14, 2018 - Streetsblog Chicago

A new book tells the story of Chicago's Cabrini-Green and reflects on what the lives of the people in this public housing project have to say about the lives of all Americans.

February 10, 2018 - South Side Weekly

Three cities around the country have the hardware to provide coverage of the Olympics in public.

February 9, 2018 - Smart Cities Dive

A $2.3 billion extension of the CTA's Red Line would be the first extension of a Chicago's "L" line since 1993.

January 27, 2018 - Chicago Tribune

After two years of operations, funded with $300,000, the city of Oak Park is ending its Divvy bikeshare operation.

January 25, 2018 - Streetsblog Chicago

Given the fact that many homeless patients end up costing the system a lot more than average, several Chicago hospitals are considering ways to house them.

January 24, 2018 - Crain's Chicago Business

A theater in Chicago will open a new musical about the famous urban planner and architect in June of this year.

January 24, 2018 - Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois gubernatorial candidate Chris Kennedy made waves when he said the rapidly shrinking population of African Americans was the intended result of the city's policy. An op-ed in the Chicago Reader agrees.

January 22, 2018 - The Chicago Reader

A new interactive maps brings a visual reality to the scale of displacement effected by urban renewal of the 1950s and 1960s.

January 20, 2018 - Chicago Magazine

Chicago is one of the first cities to consider the use of "textalyzers," which would allow police officers to scan phones to see if they were in use during an accident.

January 17, 2018 - Chicago Tribune