Looking Backward to the Future in Chicago

Posted by: Tim Halbur

6 October 2009 - 1:00pm

The Chicago Sun-Times look at the transportation future of the Chicago area and sees a return to a time when trains were the main mode of transportation and people walked and bicycled more.

"[T]he transportation future is starting to look like a more fuel-efficient version of the past. With the threat of global warming and the world's oil supplies dwindling, local planning and transportation experts imagine a Chicago area in 2040 with more public transit; higher-density housing; smaller, lighter airplanes; electric cars, and more options for walking and biking.'

Full Story: Wave of the future: mass transit

Source: Chicago Sun-Times, October 6, 2009