Our colleagues at the Center for Neighborhood Technology (I-GO’s parent org) recently blogged on how the U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s TIGER program (the acronym stands for Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) is impacting the Chicago area through the various CREATE projects (Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency). USDOT Secretary Ray LaHood announced last week that — under the aegis of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act — the feds are keepin’ it rail.
That sits well with us at I-GO. Along with CNT, we’ve been advocating for multi-modal sustainable transportation that moves folks and freight while causing the least amount of damage to the environment. In Chicago — which owes its very origins to waterway and rail infrastructure — investing in rail to create jobs and rebuild our communities shows refreshing foresight.
CNT has been at the forefront of tying transportation to housing and business development. I-GO, for its part, works with the CTA to offer a joint transit smartcard that allows users to access both our cars and CTA trains and buses (and suburban Pace buses, too, for that matter).
