[Briguy]

Originally Posted by ardecila

That depends on what the city does. Right now the infrastructure will eventually cap the growth. Transit access is limited for it to be a "downtown", you would need several new bus routes, a Metra stop and maybe a new CTA rail line/Circle Line.

At the same time, traffic flow sucks. The city needs to put in a bunch of stoplights, prune back the street parking for turn lanes, etc. And new developments are now required to do limited parking, which is a good thing generally but creates a problem if people can't get to Fulton in car OR transit.

If the city doesn't do all of this, then it cannot really grow into a 2nd downtown.

Split the red line and send a branch Down Halsted then east under Madison to Michigan where it would capture the converted-to-cta metra electric.