MIDWEST HIGH-SPEED RAIL ASSOCIATION
CHICAGO, Ill. – Proposed 220-mph high speed rail to cut the Chicago-St. Louis trip to less than two hours would also provide a major boost to the economy and efforts to reduce harmful emissions
Posts Tagged ‘Chicago’
Chicago-St. Louis 220-mph trains would create more than 40,000 jobs, reduce harmful CO2 emissions by nearly 200 million pounds: new study
Monday, March 8th, 2010U.S. Parking Policies: An Overview of Management Strategies
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT POLICY
The relationships between parking infrastructure and transportation choices are as important as that between road infrastructure and transportation choices. Yet research on roads abounds while there is very little on parking.
“Rising.” I-94, Chicago, IL.
Thursday, August 6th, 2009A mess of train tracks leading into Chicago’s downtown along the west side of Grant Park.
Thursday, July 16th, 2009Building Minds, Minding Buildings: Turning Crumbling Schools into Environments for Learning
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
“Every weekday, millions of children and school staff spend the day in buildings that can make them sick, injure them or diminish their productivity…”
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