Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Rahm Emanuel

LaHood Says Chicago Riverwalk Financing Is “A Done Deal”

By John Greenfield | Mar 28, 2013 | 2 Comments

At a waterside press conference this afternoon with Mayor Rahm Emanuel, outgoing U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood promised that the roughly $100 million federal loan that will bankroll the Chicago Riverwalk will definitely be finalized by June. Earlier this winter the Chicago Department of Transportation sent LaHood’s agency a letter of interest for a loan […]

Silver Linings Playbook: Rahm Touts Red Line Shutdown Jobs

By John Greenfield | Feb 6, 2013 | 10 Comments

Closing down the Red Line between Roosevelt Road and 95th Street from May to September this year is a necessary evil. The $425 million Red Line South Track Renewal Project will force South Side commuters to switch to the Green Line and/or temporary shuttle buses during construction, but ripping out and replacing the 10.2 miles […]

Rahm: BRT Gives You a Strategic Advantage in Creating Jobs

By John Greenfield | Jan 30, 2013 | 4 Comments

This morning at Freedman Seating, a Humboldt Park-based company that will be making seats for hundreds of new CTA buses, Mayor Rahm Emanuel argued that better public transportation can give a shot in the arm to the local economy. The 120-year-old company will be fabricating some 11,100 seats for the transit agency’s $148 million contract […]