Infrastructure Trust

Chicago, Illinois

Rahm Emanuel's Chicago Infrastructure Trust Expensive and Redundant?

The Infrastructure Trust was conceived of by Emanuel's administration to help gain private funds to restore the Uptown Theater. It hasn't done that, and some are questioning if it can serve any other useful purpose.

December 27, 2017 - Chicago Sun Times

Chicago's Infrastructure Trust: A Guide for Funding Projects, or Building Bad Deals?

Tim Logan dives deep on Mayor Rahm Emanuel's bold plan to help fund Chicago's infrastructure improvements with private capital. American cities need new ways to pay for projects, but can a city with a history of making bad deals provide the road map?

April 14, 2013 - Next City

FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?

After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.

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The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.

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