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Originally Posted by BrickellBased
Go West Young Man!
Chicago certainly did.
Fulton Market
Kingsbury
Casino
Halsted Point
United Center?
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Don't forget Foundry Park, the Salvation Army redevelopment, and Ishbia's 14th St railyard redevelopment. Didn't think that'd get redeveloped for another 30 years, and yet Amtrak is leaving later this year. That's ~30k units in the central area!
Most of these projects aren't well connected to our transit system, even though they're all directly adjacent to Metra lines. To handle these 45-60k new residents, it's actually important Metra speeds up regional rail on major lines. I don't see that being physically possible without through-running, and unfortunately CN is refusing to sell the SCAL for Amtrak/Metra through-running. I also don't know the Illinois Legislature's appetite in investing in a new downtown tunnel. The only other option in the short-term is to add dozens of miles of bus lanes in the central area but the city is too scared to piss off drivers.