Audrey Wennink Archives - Chicago Reader

The under-construction Belmont Flyover, officially called the Red-Purple Bypass, is part of the CTA’s $2.1 billion Red & Purple Modernization project, partially bankrolled with $1.1 million in federal funding under the Obama-Biden administration.

Columns & Opinion

Local leaders and advocates agree: Biden’s $2T infrastructure package would be great for Chicago transportation

by John Greenfield April 2, 2021August 18, 2021

Biden’s $2T infrastructure package would dramatically beef up funding for transit, vehicle electrification, and Amtrak.

Columns & Opinion

The Manhattan project

by John Greenfield January 14, 2020August 18, 2021

NYC sped up buses by limiting cars’ access. Let’s do that in Chicago.

Columns & Opinion

High-rise, high anxiety

by John Greenfield October 2, 2019August 18, 2021

Lakeview residents fear the transit-oriented development replacing the shuttered Treasure Island supermarket will create a parking crunch. Here’s why they’re wrong.

Columns & Opinion

Should the CTA be free? Why not?

by John Greenfield April 2, 2018August 18, 2021

Making it easier for people to get to jobs, schools, and health care could save society a ton of money.