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2024
4-30-2024: CREATE donates $200,000 for Chicago-area STEM programs
4-30-2024: CREATE partners support STEM education in Chicago
2023
To learn more about Get on Board, check out Get on Board Panelist Luis Montgomery Telling His Story
Get on Board – Exhibitor Hall #1
Get on Board – Procurement Workshop Get on Board – Exhibitor Hall #22022
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
The “Get On Board” business-to-business networking event on January 24 offered an opportunity for certified DBEs and small businesses to engage with public agencies, freight and passenger railroads and prime contractors, to learn about bid or professional services opportunities related to the CREATE Program.
Review the “CREATE Projects for Bid” workshop presentation (PDF).