For $320 million, how much time would the CTA's Belmont bypass really save?
by Ben Joravsky
When Mayor Rahm Emanuel recently announced plans to spend about $320 million on the CTA's "Red-Purple Bypass," I started pondering this important question: How much is four minutes of Mayor Rahm time in real time? It's a relevant question, even for people who don't study the mayor's brain and behavior for a living, since hundreds of millions of public dollars are at stake.…[ Read more ]