According to the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, Chicago in the year 2040 will have 2 million more inhabitants and will be part of a new “super-region similar to those in China and Brazil” that will compete in a new global economy.
To plan for this growth, there needs to be a regional transportation, development and infrastructure plan with a progressive vision like we’ve never seen before… or have we?
For this new grand plan, CMAP is turning to Chicago’s original master planner, Daniel Burnham. Burnham’s 1909 Plan of Chicago, that created the public lakefront and wide boulevards, is the inspiration for the new “Go To 2040” proposal that the agency has unveiled. The plan incorporates new underground high speed train lines and freight handling systems as well as mega transportation hubs in the West Loop linking with existing ones like Union Station, which was actually designed by Burnham.
I guess everything new is old again.
-Wes Walker
Go HERE for the New York Times article.
Wow! Pretty exciting stuff! The proposal is amazing.