Posts tagged ‘Olympic Lanes’
Could Pace, Tollway plan for “Green Lanes” be precursor to “Olympic Lanes?”
The Chicago Tribune reports that a proposal to designate “green lane” is back as Pace and the Illinois Tollway begin to push a plan to designate the express bus and carpool lanes on the Tri-State Tollway. “The agencies are seeking $200 million in federal stimulus funding to get express buses running between job-scarce areas in the [...]
READ MOREA model for Olympic Lanes…?
Among the Chicago transportation initiatives that the IOC highlighted in its Sept. 2 evaluation is an extensive “Olympic lane” highway system that would move everyday local traffic to what the Chicago 2016 committee called 2,392 miles of city roads. The Chicago 2016 Bid Book cites the Dan Ryan reconstruction project as an example of what [...]
READ MOREBreaking down the IOC's transportation comments
With the release of Wednesday’s report from the International Olympic Committee on Chicago’s plan to host the 2016 Olympic Games, each of the city’s news outlets found something to point out. But the majority ran with the obvious: traffic and congestion. And why not? The IOC came right out and said that transportation for an [...]
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