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2022
10-6-2022: NS names Benesch to perform final track design for CREATE project
09-30-2022: UP Selects HDR for Final Track Design, Engineering Services on CREATE Project
09-29-2022: Belt Railway seeks signal-design proposals for CREATE’s 75th Street project
06-21-2022: CREATE Program wraps up Argo Connections project
03-08-2022: Chicago in the running for billions in new transportation funds: Buttigieg
01-26-2022: CREATE donates funds for Chicago-area STEM education
2021
12-27-2021: Op-ed: Here’s why we need to re-imagine transportation in Northeastern Illinois
11-17-2021: Officials mark completion of Metra’s CREATE project
11-17-2021: CREATE partners mark completion of Metra-CP crossover upgrades
11-17-2021: Franklin Park crossovers separate Canadian Pacific and Metra moves
08-24-2021: Union Station needs a friend in a high place
06-04-2021: Q&A How California can ‘Build Back Better’
04-15-2021: Metra releases its 2021 construction program
04-14-2021: 4 projects that could be funded by Biden’s infrastructure package
2020
2019
06-12-2019: $19M federal grant slated to improve rail crossings
05-30-2019: CREATE partners complete BNSF Western Avenue Corridor project
04-26-2019: Construction set to start on $32 million Chicago-area Argo Connections project
04-25-2019: CREATE partners plan groundbreaking, assign designer for project
02-26-2019: CAGTC board member Szabo to Congress: Growth in freight requires growth in funding
02-26-2019: Duckworth moves to boost funding for O’Hare, rail project
01-31-2019: CREATE program partners host unique networking event
01-2019: Feds, states and railroads team up to boost grade crossing safety
2018
12-2018: CREATE 75th Street project targets rail traffic fluidity at busy Chicago junction
11-12-2018: Fixing Chicago’s freight rail congestion
10-02-2018: Rail, government officials mark 75th Street Corridor project in Chicago
10-01-2018: Preckwinkle, Partners Mark 75th Street Rail Corridor Improvement Project
10-01-2018: Chicago receives federal grant to relieve South Side rail congestion
08-15-2018: Maureen Pekosh: Taking on Railroads Requires Much Pull
08-10-2018: Planning in the News
08-08-2018: Railway Gridlock Fix Should Equal Better Service for Metra Riders
07-2018: CREATE update: Briefing, tour tout progress of effort to unclog Chicago’s rail network
07-23-2018: Major Transformation Coming to Chicago’s 75th Street Train Corridor
07-18-2018: Plans aim to streamline Chicago rail network
07-17-2018: CREATE, and How the Lack of a National Infrastructure Vision Hurts Us All
07-11-2018: Next phase to detangle massive railroad bottleneck starts next spring
07-11-2018: How a $4 billion plan could untangle Chicago’s rail system and speed commutes
06-08-2018: Public/Private Partnership Commended for 75th Street Corridor Improvement Project
06-08-2018: Illinois awards $241M to freight projects
06-06-2018: USDOT awards $132 million grant for CREATE projects
06-05-2018: State gets $132 million federal grant to reduce South Side railroad delays
06-05-2018: One of the Country’s Most Congested Rail Points Set for Major Makeover
06-05-2018: USDOT awards $132 million grant to Chicago railway project
06-05-2018: A $132 million federal grant to address a notorious rail snarl
2017
11-07-2017: MIPRC supports region’s INFRA grant application to untangle Chicago’s railroads
05-29-2017: CREATE is a vital plan for freight
03-30-2017: Can We Make Chicago’s Trains Run on Time?
02-27-2017: Senator Tammy Duckworth Hosts Transportation Roundtable in Chicago
02-27-2017: Duckworth: I’ll work with Trump on transportation spending plan
2016
2015
10-02-2015: Crains: What Will it Take to Unclog Chicago’s Creaky Rail Network?
08-11-2015: The Wall Street Journal
2014
12-15-2014: Metra, freight railroads push project to untangle rail corridor
12-09-2014: MPC Roundtable—CREATE: Freight Driving the Economy (full event video)
03-19-2014: RT&S: CREATE keeps Chicago rail moving
02-27-2014: Chicago Tribune: Increased Investment in Local Transportation
2013
9-30-2013: Railway Age pdf opens in a new tab (PDF)
9-25-2013: Blue Island rail project to smooth freight traffic
4-17-2013: Creating a better rail hub: interview with William C. Thompson
2012
7-3-2012: Progressive Railroading
2011
8-2011: Trains (PDF) opens in a new tab
6-24-2011: Progressive Railroading (PDF) opens in a new tab
6-24-2011: Belmont Underpass (GS 7) video
6-23-2011: Chicago Sun Times (PDF) opens in a new tab
6-22-2011: Chicago Tribune (PDF) opens in a new tab
6-20-2011: Chicago Tribune (PDF) opens in a new tab
2010
12-15-2010: Railway Technology (PDF) opens in a new tab
11-2010: Railway Track & Structures (PDF) opens in a new tab
9-9-2010: Chicago Tribune (PDF) opens in a new tab
9-2010: CE News (PDF) opens in a new tab
9-2010: Progressive Railroading (PDF) opens in a new tab
7-23-2010: Progressive Railroading (PDF) opens in a new tab
7-22-2010: Journal of Commerce (PDF) opens in a new tab
5-1-10: High Speed Funds Granted/CREATE Wins Big with TIGER (PDF) opens in a new tab
3-18-10: Railway Track and Structures (PDF) opens in a new tab
3-08-10: Crains (PDF) opens in a new tab
2-25-10: New York Times (PDF) opens in a new tab
2-16-10: Crains (PDF) opens in a new tab
1-4-10: Journal of Commerce: Chicago Program Opens New Rail Link (PDF) opens in a new tab
2009
10-09: Trains: CREATE Backers Inch Ahead (PDF) opens in a new tab
07-15-09: The Wall Street Journal: Rail Funds Give Chicago Hub a Lift (PDF) opens in a new tab
07-16-09: Forbes: New Rail Money to Put the “Go” back in Chicago opens in a new tab
04-20-09: Journal of Commerce – Untangling the Chicago Knot opens in a new tab
2008
12-11-08: U.S. News and World Report December 15/December 22, 2008 (PDF)
12-08-08: Journal of Commerce (PDF) opens in a new tab
07-07-08: Journal of Commerce (PDF) opens in a new tab
05-28-08: US rail network facing congestion ‘calamity’ (PDF) opens in a new tab
02-21-08: Crain’s Chicago Business (PDF) opens in a new tab
02-21-08: Atlantic-Clogged Arteries (PDF) opens in a new tab
01-28-08: Engineering News Record (PDF) opens in a new tab
01-14-08: Crains Chicago Business (PDF) opens in a new tab
2007
11-30-2007: Progressive Railroading (PDF) opens in a new tab
09-10-07: Logistics Today Interview (PDF) opens in a new tab
09-06-07: Franklin Park: Construction Complete (PDF) opens in a new tab
08-27-07: Chicago Sun Times – A Grand Plan (PDF) opens in a new tab
07-16-07: Chicago Tribune (PDF) opens in a new tab
04-02-07: Urban Land – LandWrites (PDF) opens in a new tab
03-02-07: Rockford Register Star (PDF) opens in a new tab
03-01-07: Trains Magazine (PDF) opens in a new tab
02-28-07: The State Journal Register (PDF) opens in a new tab
02-28-07: WBBM Radio (PDF) opens in a new tab
02-27-07: Indiana Economic Digest (PDF) opens in a new tab
02-16-07: Progressive Railroading (PDF) opens in a new tab
02-13-07: First Federal Funds Released for CREATE Program (PDF) opens in a new tab